Charles Morschauser House, also known as the House on the Hill, is a historic home located at
Poughkeepsie,
Dutchess County
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. It was built in 1902, and is a -story, frame dwelling with a
hipped roof and a projecting, offset front
gable. The façade features a one-story, flat-roofed, wraparound porch.
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The house belonged to a local attorney, Charles Morschauser, who commissioned local architect William J. Beardsley
William J. Beardsley (1872 – March 29, 1934) was a Poughkeepsie, New York-based architect.
Biography
He was born in Poughkeepsie, New York, the son of one of Poughkeepsie's leading sash and blind manufacturers. He studied architecture ...
to design the home after he had represented him in a legal matter. Morschauser had acquired an almost 3-acre parcel that had formerly been part of an estate named Mountain View, located on an oversized city lot fronting five different streets. Due to its dignified and grand appearance perched atop a knoll, the design had gained local attention in a couple of newspapers at the time. It is a transitional style containing elements of Queen Anne and Colonial Revival architecture with a blending of materials. The first story boasts a stonework façade while the second has clapboard siding, allowing it to stand out from other houses constructed at the time.
See also
* National Register of Historic Places listings in Poughkeepsie, New York
References
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state)
Colonial Revival architecture in New York (state)
Queen Anne architecture in New York (state)
Houses completed in 1902
Houses in Poughkeepsie, New York
National Register of Historic Places in Poughkeepsie, New York
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