Augustus Howland House is a historic home located at 1395 Sherwood Road in Sherwood in Cayuga County, New York. It is a "distinctive high-style Italianate" dwelling built about 1850. It is a 2+1⁄2-story, six bays wide and three bays deep, heavy timber frame dwelling, topped by a low pitched hipped roof. It is sheathed in clapboard and features a two bay wide front pavilion. Included in the listing are four contributing barns (on the south side of Sherwood Road), a laundry building, and two hitching posts.[2]
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| Location | 1395 Sherwood Road, Sherwood, New York |
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| Coordinates | 42°45′37.08″N 76°38′50.99″W / 42.7603000°N 76.6474972°W |
| Area | 191.2 acres (0.774 km2) |
| Built | c.1850 |
| Architectural style | Italianate |
| NRHP reference No. | 08000448[1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 20, 2008 |
The Howlands were Quakers, and Augustus Howland donated land for the nearby North Street Friends Meetinghouse.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ a b Nancy L. Todd (March 2008). National Register of Historic Places Registration: Augustus Howland House. NARA. Retrieved 2011-01-02. Includes four photos from 2007.