Jacob T. Walden Stone House

Jacob T. Walden Stone House

The Jacob Walden House in 2006
Location Walden, NY
Nearest city Newburgh, NY
Coordinates 41°33′54″N 74°11′42″W / 41.56500°N 74.19500°W / 41.56500; -74.19500Coordinates: 41°33′54″N 74°11′42″W / 41.56500°N 74.19500°W / 41.56500; -74.19500
Area less than one acre
Built 1785 (1785), 1820s
Architectural style Colonial
NRHP Reference # 02000138[1]
Added to NRHP March 12, 2002

The Jacob T. Walden Stone House is on North Montgomery Street (NY 52) near the intersection with Wait Street in Walden, New York. It was built in the 1730s, around the time the thousand-acre (400 ha) Gatehouse Patent was first sold, and is one of the oldest houses remaining in the area today.[2]

In the 1820s, Jacob Treadwell Walden, a successful shipping merchant, came to the area from New York City and saw the potential of the Wallkill River for powering textile mills. With him, he brought Jesse Scofield and Dr. Seth Capron who had expertise in running woolen mills. They formed the Franklin Company to finance mills in Walden and dammed the Wallkill [which runs through the middle of Walden] above the falls, creating a power station that remains in use today. He resided there with his family beginning in the 1820s until sometime after 1840. (See U.S. Federal Census for 1840) On the waning of the textile mills, he returned to New York City and died there in 1855.[2]

The Jacob T. Walden House houses the Walden Historical Society, and is open to the public as a museum on a limited basis. In 2005, the exterior underwent extensive restoration.

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References

  1. ↑ National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)" (Searchable database). New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2016-02-01. Note: This includes John A. Bonafide (February 2001). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Jacob T. Walden Stone House" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-02-01. and Accompanying photographs

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