Edmund Wilson House is a historic home located at Talcottville in

Lewis County, New York Lewis County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 26,582, making it the fourth-least populous county in New York. Its county seat is Lowville. The county is named after Morgan Lewis, ...

. It was built over a four-year period starting in 1789 and is a -story limestone building, three bays wide and four bays long. It was named "The Stone House" by

Edmund Wilson Edmund Wilson Jr. (May 8, 1895 – June 12, 1972) was an American writer and literary critic who explored Freudian and Marxist themes. He influenced many American authors, including F. Scott Fitzgerald, whose unfinished work he edited for publi ...

, whose family used the house as a summer home and he made it famous in his book ''Upstate''. ''See also:'' It was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

in 1973.

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Houses completed in 1789 Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Georgian architecture in New York (state) Houses in Lewis County, New York 1789 establishments in New York (state) National Register of Historic Places in Lewis County, New York Wilson, Edmund House {{LewisCountyNY-NRHP-stub