Rockwell House is a historic home located at

Dryden '' John Dryden (; – ) was an English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright who in 1668 was appointed England's first Poet Laureate. He is seen as dominating the literary life of Restoration England to such a point that the peri ...

Tompkins County, New York Tompkins County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 105,740. The county seat is Ithaca. The name is in honor of Daniel D. Tompkins, who served as Governor of New York and Vice President ...

. It was built about 1860 and is a 2-story, wood-frame residence consisting of a three-by-three-bay main portion and two-by-two-bay rear wing in the

Italianate The Italianate style was a distinct 19th-century phase in the history of Classical architecture. Like Palladianism and Neoclassicism, the Italianate style drew its inspiration from the models and architectural vocabulary of 16th-century Italian R ...

style.''See also:'' It was listed on the

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in 1984.

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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Italianate architecture in New York (state) Houses completed in 1860 Houses in Tompkins County, New York National Register of Historic Places in Tompkins County, New York {{TompkinsCountyNY-NRHP-stub