Peck House is a historic
Greek Revival
Greek Revival architecture is a architectural style, style that began in the middle of the 18th century but which particularly flourished in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in northern Europe, the United States, and Canada, ...
-style home located in the hamlet of
North Chatham in
Columbia County, New York
Columbia County is a County (United States), county in the U.S. state of New York (state), New York. At the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 61,570. The county seat is Hudson, New York, Hudson. The name comes from th ...
. It was reconstructed about 1848 and is an imposing, 2-story, symmetrical, five-bay-wide and one-bay-deep dwelling with a substantial -story rear wing. It features a three-bay, 1-story porch with
Doric order
The Doric order is 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 t ...
columns. The interior features a number of
Greek Revival
Greek Revival architecture is a architectural style, style that began in the middle of the 18th century but which particularly flourished in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in northern Europe, the United States, and Canada, ...
–style details. Also on the property is a brick
smoke house
A smokehouse (North American) or smokery (British) is a building where meat or fish is cured with smoke. The finished product might be stored in the building, sometimes for a year or more. .
[ Includes nine photos from 1998.]
It was added to the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...
in 1973.
It is also included as a
contributing building
In the law regulating historic districts in the United States, a contributing property or contributing resource is any building, object, or structure which adds to the historical integrity or architectural qualities that make the historic distr ...
in the
North Chatham Historic District
North Chatham Historic District is a historic district (United States), historic district consisting of most or all of the hamlet of North Chatham, New York, North Chatham in Columbia County, New York, Columbia County, New York (state), New Yor ...
, which was added to the National Register in 2012.
Peck House is located at the intersection of
County Road
A county highway (also county road or county route; usually abbreviated CH or CR) is a road in the United States and in the Canadian province of Ontario that is designated and/or maintained by the county highway department. Route numbering can ...
32 and
New York State Route 203
New York State Route 203 (NY 203) is a state highway in the Capital District of New York in the United States. It begins at an intersection with NY 22 in the Columbia County hamlet of Austerlitz and ends at a junction with U.S ...
.
References
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state)
Houses completed in 1848
Houses in Columbia County, New York
Greek Revival houses in New York (state)
National Register of Historic Places in Columbia County, New York
Historic district contributing properties in New York (state)
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