Pelhamdale, also known as The Old Stone House of Philip Pell II, is a historic home located in

Pelham Manor Pelham Manor is an affluent village located in Westchester County, New York. As of the 2020 census, the village had a total population of 5,752. It is located in the town of Pelham. History The Bolton Priory, Edgewood House, and Pelhamdale are ...

Westchester County, New York Westchester County is located in the U.S. state of New York. It is the seventh most populous county in the State of New York and the most populous north of New York City. According to the 2020 United States Census, the county had a population o ...

. It was built about 1750 as a single story dwelling and expanded after 1823. It is a two-story, five bay, stone residence faced in coursed, rock-faced stone ranging in color from muted orange and red, to gray. It has white native

sandstone Sandstone is a clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized (0.0625 to 2 mm) silicate grains. Sandstones comprise about 20–25% of all sedimentary rocks. Most sandstone is composed of quartz or feldspar (both silicates) ...

Doric order The Doric order was one of the three orders of ancient Greek and later Roman architecture; the other two canonical orders were the Ionic and the Corinthian. The Doric is most easily recognized by the simple circular capitals at the top of col ...

columns on the front porch, lintels and sills, and a plain brick entablature. It features two 2-story

bay window A bay window is a window space projecting outward from the main walls of a building and forming a bay in a room. Types Bay window is a generic term for all protruding window constructions, regardless of whether they are curved or angular, or r ...

s flanking the main entrance. Philip Pell II was a grandson of

Thomas Pell Thomas Pell, 1st Lord of Pelham Manor (1608 – September 21, 1669) was an English-born physician who bought the area known as Pelham, New York, as well as land that now includes the eastern Bronx and southern Westchester County, New York, and foun ...

(1608–1669). ''See also:'' 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 1982.

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Historic Pelham: Pelhamdale
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Houses completed in 1750 Houses in Westchester County, New York Pelham, New York National Register of Historic Places in Westchester County, New York Pell family {{WestchesterCountyNY-NRHP-stub