Seven Oaks Estate

Historic house in New York, United States

United States historic place

Seven Oaks Estate, the former Charles F. Park estate, is a historic estate located at Palisades in Rockland County, New York designed by George E. Woodward, an editor of The Horticulturist magazine.^[2] The main estate house is a large clapboarded structure built in 1862 in the Gothic Revival style, with cues from Calvert Vaux's Villas and Cottages (1857). The house features a projecting central bay and full-width verandah. Also on the property are a coachman's house, built about 1862, and four subsidiary outbuildings.^[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.^[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. Woodward, Geo E. "RESIDENCE OF CHARLES F. PARK, ESQ.: CARRIAGE HOUSE AND STABLE." Horticulturist and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste (1846-1875), 08, 1863. 238.
3. Michael P. Rebic (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Seven Oaks Estate". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2010-05-28. See also: "Accompanying eight photos".