Ligonier Point Historic District

Ligonier Point Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district

Location	Point Rd., Ligonier Way, Willsboro, New York
Coordinates	44°24′56″N 73°22′31″W / 44.41556°N 73.37528°W / 44.41556; -73.37528Coordinates: 44°24′56″N 73°22′31″W / 44.41556°N 73.37528°W / 44.41556; -73.37528
Area	79.31 acres (32.10 ha)
Built	c. 1830 (1830)-c. 1910
Built by	Gibbs, Warren
Architectural style	Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, Rustic
NRHP Reference #	12001129^[1]
Added to NRHP	January 2, 2013

Ligonier Point Historic District is a national historic district located at Willsboro, Essex County, New York. The district encompasses 8 contributing buildings, 16 contributing sites, 7 contributing structures, and 3 contributing objects related to stone quarrying, boat building, and farming by the Clark family during the 19th century. They include the Clark Quarry and Farm, Scragwood, and Old Elm or the Corrin Clark Farm Complex. The Clark Quarry is represented by the remains of the Quarry Village; the principal, second, and third quarries (c. 1823-c. 1894); boatyard (c. 1860); Yacht Narragansett (c. 1880); and a boarding house (c. 1860). Scragwood, or the S.W. Clark Complex, includes a rustic dwelling built in stages between the 1830s and 1870s. Associated with Scragwood are the Cedar Lodge (c. 1860), Perennial Garden (c. 1910), smokehouse (c. 1850), summer house (c. 1870), and tankhouse (c. 1907). Old Elm was built in 1841, and is a two-story, five bay, limestone dwelling with a 1 1/2-story frame wing. Also on the Corrin Clark Farm Complex are the blacksmith shop (c. 1854), smokehouse (c. 1842), icehouse (c. 1842), privy (c. 1842), and fruit orchard (c. 1860). Chazy limestone quarried from the Clark Quarry was used in the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge and New York State Capitol.^[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.^[1]

References

1 2 "National Register of Historic Places". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 10/15/12 through 10/19/12. National Park Service. 2012-10-26.
↑ ""Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)"" (Searchable database). New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2016-02-01. Note: This includes William E. Krattinger, Darcey Hale, Bruce Hale, and Morris Glenn (August 2012). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Ligonier Point Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-02-01. and Accompanying photographs

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