Sixteen_Mile_District

Sixteen Mile District

Sixteen Mile District

Historic district in New York, United States

Sixteen Mile District was a national historic district located near Clermont and Rhinebeck in Columbia County, New York. The district includes 233 contributing buildings that are associated with estates located along the east side of the Hudson River. A number of the buildings are located on the campus of Bard College, notably those associated with the estates of Blythewood and Ward Manor. Other notable intact estates within the district are Montgomery Place, Teviot, the Pynes, Callendar House, Edgewater, Rokeby, Mandara (Steen / Valetje), Wilderstein, and Wildercliff. The Ferncliff estate includes a "casino" or tennis court building designed by Stanford White.[2]

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It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1] In 1990, it was subsumed, along with the Clermont Estates Historic District, into the Hudson River Historic District.

References

  1. [1]
    "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. [2]
    Cornelia Brooke Gilder (July 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Sixteen Mile District". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved July 4, 2010. See also: "Accompanying 100 photos".


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