McFarlane–Bredt House is a historic home at 30 Hylan Boulevard in Rosebank, Staten Island, New York. It was built about 1840 and is a two-story, wood-frame clapboard house in the Italian Villa style. The house, located atop a hill on Staten Island's North Shore, faces New York Harbor to the northeast. It consists of four sections: the original, two-story central section built about 1840; the extension to the original section built about 1860; a wind added about 1870; and a three-story western addition completed in the 1890s.[2]
McFarlane–Bredt House | |
New York City Landmark No. 1213
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| Location | 30 Hylan Blvd., Staten Island, New York |
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| Coordinates | 40°36′51″N 74°3′51″W / 40.61417°N 74.06417°W |
| Area | 3 acres (1.2 ha) |
| Built | 1840s |
| Architectural style | Italian-Swiss villa, Victorian country villa |
| NRHP reference No. | 83001784[1] |
| NYCL No. | 1213 |
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| Added to NRHP | September 8, 1983 |
| Designated NYCL | October 12, 1982 |
The McFarlane–Bredt House served as the headquarters of the New York Yacht Club from 1869 to 1871. The New York City government acquired the adjoining McFarlane–Bredt and Alice Austen houses in 1970 and proposed renovating the McFarlane–Bredt House in the 1990s.[3] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Larry E. Gobrecht (August 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: McFarlane–Bredt House". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved December 6, 2010. See also: "Accompanying six photos".
- ^ Gray, Christopher (September 8, 1991). "Streetscapes: The McFarlane-Bredt House; The Old Yacht Club On Staten Island". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
- "McFarlane-Bredt House" (PDF). Landmarks Preservation Commission. October 12, 1982. Retrieved October 15, 2013.