The John I. Crawford Farm, also Hopewell Farm, is located on
NY 302 in the
Thompson Ridge section of the
Town of Crawford in
Orange County
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, United States. It has been on the
National Register of Historic Places
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since 1998.
Crawford, whose family lends its name to the town, settled the region and began building the farm around 1780. The property's main house was built not long afterwards, in the
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. A century later, in 1890, the bright yellow outbuildings of the property were updated in a
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style. The Crawford family cemetery lies to the southwest.
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References
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state)
National Register of Historic Places in Orange County, New York
Houses completed in 1780
Buildings and structures completed in 1890
Federal architecture in New York (state)
Victorian architecture in New York (state)
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