Snyder Estate Natural Cement Historic District | |
Location | Rosendale, NY |
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Nearest city | Kingston |
Coordinates | 41°50′50″N 74°05′52″W / 41.84722°N 74.09778°W |
Area | 275 acres (111 ha) |
Built | 1825-1958[1] |
Architectural style | Federal |
NRHP reference No. | 92000695 |
Added to NRHP | 1992 |
The Snyder Estate Natural Cement Historic District is located in the Town of Rosendale, New York, United States. It is a 275-acre (111 ha) tract roughly bounded by Rondout Creek, Binnewater and Cottekill roads and Sawdust Avenue. NY 213 runs through the lower portion of the district, paralleling the dry bed of the Delaware and Hudson Canal.
Within the district's bounds are 122 contributing properties representing what remains of five plants that produced Rosendale cement, and the homes and dependencies of the Snyder family, who originally owned the land. They range in age from the bed of the canal, where the cement was discovered in 1825 during construction, to some of the last factories built before production was ended in 1970. Included are not just homes, barns, and factories but mines, reservoirs, and a rail siding. After an aborted attempt to secure National Historic Landmark District status in 1978, the district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.