Blauvelt House (New City, New York)

Blauvelt House
Location 20 Zukor Road,
New City, New York
Coordinates 41°10′16″N 73°59′17″W / 41.17111°N 73.98806°W / 41.17111; -73.98806Coordinates: 41°10′16″N 73°59′17″W / 41.17111°N 73.98806°W / 41.17111; -73.98806
Area 1.5 acres (0.61 ha)
Built 1834
NRHP Reference # 85000659[1]
Added to NRHP March 28, 1985

Blauvelt House, also known as Jacob Blauvelt Farmhouse, is a historic home and farm complex located at New City in Rockland County, New York.Built in 1832, it includes the farmhouse with attached smokehouse, a large barn, a utility shop, a privy, and a woodshed. Blauvelet's descendants lived in the house until 1970, when it was acquired by the Historical Society. The property is owned by the Historical Society of Rockland County and operated as a seasonal museum and cultural center.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1]

The Blauvelt House along with DeWint House in Tappan and Stony Point Battlefield in Stony Point are the only places in Rockland County designated as New York State "Paths through History" sites.

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