Blackwell House (New York, N.Y.)

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Name (Latin)
Blackwell House (New York, N.Y.)
Other forms of name
Blackwell Farmhouse (New York, N.Y.)
James Blackwell Farmhouse (New York, N.Y.)
Coordinates
-73.95111111 -73.95111111 40.76027778 40.76027778 (gooearth )
See Also From tracing topical name
Dwellings New York (State)
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q4923596
Library of congress: sh2015000820
Sources of Information
  • Work cat: 00694366: Panorama of Blackwell's Island, N.Y., 1903.
  • Roosevelt Island Historical Society WWW site, viewed March 30, 2015(Blackwell House; built for James Blackwell between 1796 and 1804; the sole surviving building on Roosevelt Island dating from the period when the island was privately held; in 1829 the house became the residential quarters for institutional administrators; including the warden of the Island's Almshouse; restored in 1973 by New York architect, Giorgio Cavaglieri)
  • AIA guide to New York City, 2010p. 953 (James Blackwell Farmhouse; colonial house in Blackwell Park on Roosevelt Island; built by the Blackwell family who owned and farmed the Island)
  • Wikipedia WWW site, viewed March 30, 2015(Blackwell House; on Roosevelt Island, New York; 40°45ʹ37ʺN 73°57ʹ4ʺW; added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 25, 1972)