Chestnut Ridge is a historic home located at

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. It is a two-story brick dwelling built about 1810, with an earlier frame wing. It features vernacular

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woodwork which remains substantially intact, and

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trim. The property also includes a stone

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and the site of an 18th-century mill. It was listed on the

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in 1983.

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