Hendrik Winegar House was a historic home located at Amenia in

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 ...

. The structure was demolished after decades of neglect. It was built about 1761 and is a -story, rectangular house on a high basement built of thick

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and brick walls. It had a steeply pitched gable roof. It was coated in

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applied about 1850. ''See also:'' It was added to the

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in 1975.

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