Fredenburg House is a historic home located at Rhinebeck,

Dutchess County, New York Dutchess County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 295,911. The county seat is the city of Poughkeepsie. The county was created in 1683, one of New York's first twelve counties, and later orga ...

, located about one and one-half miles south of the village and west of Route 9.

History

The area was originally owned by Nicholas Emigh; it was called "Bocke Bush" or Beech Woods. Emigh eventually settled in the town of Beekman, where larger farms were available.Kelly, Nancy. ''Rhinebeck's Historic Architecture'', The History Press, 2009
/ref> The house later came into the possession of the Fredenburg family, before being purchased by the Livingstons.

House

It was built about 1716 and is a -story, rectangular, gable-roofed farmhouse built into a slight hillside. It is an example of 18th-century regional vernacular German architecture. The garret level contained a domed section of the chimney that served as a meat smoking chamber. It was acquired as a dependency for Grasmere, as did the

Benner House The Benner House is located on Mill Street in the village of Rhinebeck, New York, United States, just off U.S. Route 9. It was built by a German immigrant, Johannes Benner, in the 1730s. It is the oldest house in the Village of Rhinebeck. It ...

and

Steenburg Tavern Steenburg Tavern is a historic Revolutionary War-era tavern located at Rhinecliff, Dutchess County, New York. History Located on the west side of Route 9, it was originally built about 1749 and expanded in the late 18th century. A 1749 map show ...

, by the mid-19th century. It was added to 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 1987.

References

Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Houses completed in 1716 Houses in Rhinebeck, New York National Register of Historic Places in Dutchess County, New York 1716 establishments in the Province of New York {{DutchessCountyNY-NRHP-stub