Maizefield

Maizefield
A large two-story flat-roofed rectangular brick building with four corner chimneys classically inspired ornamentation. There is a large full-height wing on the left and a small white wooden porch on the right. There are bare trees and a car parked in the front driveway.
East (front) elevation, 2013
Maizefield is located in New York
Maizefield
Maizefield is located in the United States
Maizefield
LocationRed Hook, NY
Nearest cityKingston, NY
Coordinates41°59′53″N 73°52′54″W / 41.99806°N 73.88167°W / 41.99806; -73.88167
Area5 acres (2.0 ha)
Builtc. 1795,[2] 1849[3]
ArchitectAlexander Jackson Davis[3]
Architectural styleFederal
NRHP reference No.73001184[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 26, 1973

Maizefield, often locally called Maizeland,[4][5] is a historic house on West Market Street (New York State Route 199) in the village of Red Hook, New York, United States. It is a large plain brick building, in the Federal style, with clear English Georgian influences, built around the end of the 18th century. In 1973 it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The house was occupied by General David Van Ness, a Continental Army officer during the Revolutionary War and later Brigadier General of the Dutchess County Militia,[6] state assemblyman and senator who was the first supervisor of the Town of Red Hook.[7] It is not known if the house was built prior to his ownership; he sold the property shortly before his death in the 1810s. Aaron Burr hid there for a while shortly after killing Alexander Hamilton in a duel.[2]

The house has been altered several times since then, including the addition of large wing on the south side. In the middle of the century, a timber-frame Victorian cottage was built on the southwest corner of the property. Later research found that it was designed by Alexander Jackson Davis. A number of prominent local families have lived in both houses since, and they remain private residences.

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ a b Musso, Anthony (November 6, 2013). "Dateline: Mansion's history full of early American intrigue". Poughkeepsie Journal. Retrieved December 7, 2014.
  3. ^ a b Lynn Beebe Weaver (July 1973). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Maizefield". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2010-10-24. See also: "Accompanying photo".
  4. ^ "History of the Town of Red Hook". Town of Red Hook. Archived from the original on December 5, 2014. Retrieved December 10, 2014.
  5. ^ "New advertisements". The Cultivator and Country Gentleman. XLV (1447): 720. October 21, 1880. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
  6. ^ Eberlein, Harold Donaldson; Hubbard, Cortlandt Van Dyke (1942). Historic Houses of the Hudson Valley. New York: Courier Corporation. p. 93. ISBN 9780486263045. Retrieved December 10, 2014.
  7. ^ "About Us". Heermance Farm. 2014. Archived from the original on December 10, 2014. Retrieved December 7, 2014.