The Elmendorph Inn , is the oldest building in the village of Red Hook, New York , United States. It is located at the north corner of North Broadway ( US 9 ) and Cherry Street, a block north of the junction of Route 9 and NY 199 .
18-582: It was built in the mid-18th century as an inn to serve long-distance travelers on the Albany Post Road . In the 1810s, it became the meeting place of the Red Hook Town Board for the next several decades. It has had a number of owners; the Elmendorphs are the earliest known ones. In the 1830s, it was expanded and renovated, eventually becoming just a residence. After a recent restoration it has become
36-535: A community center. In 1978 it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places . The inn is a two-story, nine- bay frame clapboard - sided structure with a modified gambrel roof pierced by four brick chimneys. A lean-to addition is on the rear. It is located on the north corner of the intersection, just two buildings north of the Village Diner . Inside, the building has much of an interior added in
54-417: A two-family residence. Edward Martin, a descendant, later operated a school in the building that, at least during the 1890s, had kindergarten classes. It remained in his family's hands until 1933. At that point the lot was subdivided and sold, with only the inn's half-acre (2,000 m) remaining. Heating and plumbing were added to the building during the 20th century. In 1977 it had fallen into disrepair and
72-476: A while before buying the inn in 1835. Town Board meetings continued until 1842. Three years later Wager gave some of the land on the east end of the parcel to the local Methodist Episcopal Society for use as a cemetery. He sold the property to Augustus Martin, a state assemblyman and town supervisor , shortly before his death in 1854. It was the Martin family who ended the building's commercial use and converted it to
90-468: Is Kingsbridge Avenue. At Kingsbridge the Post Road split with the eastern spur heading to Boston, and the northern branch heading to Albany. The Albany Post Road, still called "Broadway", continues to Van Cortlandt Park , through what was once called the "Vale of Yonkers", and passes Greystone, the former estate of Samuel J. Tilden , now part of Untermyer Park . The village of Ardsley takes its name from
108-442: Is the first indication of ownership of the property. The Red Hook Town Board met there for the first time in 1815, the first of many recorded meetings at the inn. The first Dutchess County Fair was held on the grounds. When Loop died in 1819, a George Ring bought the inn. He opened a store as well in 1820, but this effort failed so thoroughly that the entire property was sold at a sheriff's sale five years later. The buyer flipped it
126-522: The Hudson River , a service now performed by U.S. Route 9 (US 9). The Post Road followed the original Wickquasgeck Trail, carved into the brush of Manhattan by its Native American inhabitants. This trail originally snaked through swamps and rocks along the length of Manhattan Island. Upon the arrival of the Dutch , the trail soon became the main road through the island from Nieuw Amsterdam at
144-579: The Albany Post Road drops the name "Broadway" as it approaches the village of Ossining . In early autumn 1777, General Israel Putnam retired along the Post Road in the face of Sir Henry Clinton 's advance on Peekskill . The rough route was as follows: Minor old alignments exist all along the current through route. Post road Too Many Requests If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include
162-437: The contemporaneous leasing of many surrounding properties. For most of the 18th century Red Hook was just the inn and a few houses, serving travelers on the Albany Post Road (now Route 9), where it became a regular stop in 1785. It seems to have gone through several owners, and is first noted as Elmendorph's Inn on a 1797 map. By 1811 it was known as Loop's Hotel, after owner Jacob Loop, whose deed for 12.5 acres (5.1 ha)
180-422: The early 19th century, such as its wooden doors, lath and plaster walls, chair rails and exposed ceiling beams. The central hallway has a curved wall to accommodate the staircase. There is evidence of the expansions that have taken place, such as bricked-over former fireplaces. There are four visible fireplaces on the ground floor. There is a fireplace in each of the two reception rooms, in the dining room, and in
198-690: The estate of Cyrus W. Field , who owned 780 acres (3.2 km2) of land lying between Broadway ( Dobbs Ferry ) and the Sprain Brook ( Greenburgh ) named Ardsley Park. He had named Ardsley Park after the English birthplace of his immigrant ancestor, Zechariah Field (East Ardsley, West Riding of Yorkshire, England), who immigrated to the U.S. Just north of Washington Irving 's Sunnyside is the Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow featured in his " The Legend of Sleepy Hollow " (1820). Running concurrent with U.S. Route 9,
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#1732858772317216-408: The historic Elmendorph Inn as a community center, creating dynamic public programs and partnering with community organizations. [REDACTED] Media related to Elmendorph Inn at Wikimedia Commons Albany Post Road The Albany Post Road was a post road – a road used for mail delivery – in the U.S. state of New York . It connected New York City and Albany along the east side of
234-465: The kitchen which has a beehive oven . Records of property ownership and improvements in 18th-century Red Hook are scant because most of the land in the village was leased from local landowner Henry Beekman. The village did not even incorporate until 1894, after a fire had destroyed many older buildings, further complicating historical research. The mid–18th-century construction date has been established instead by close examination of its architecture and
252-467: The same day to Peter DeReimer, who himself sold it to a Jacobus Eckhart in 1827. Sometimes during the 1830s, the inn was expanded in both the north and south directions to its present size. The original gambrel roof was covered over to create its present gabled appearance. The interior was also refurbished in the Federal style ; many of those improvements remain. The next owner, David Wager, lived there for
270-578: The same route, starting in Kingsbridge, Bronx and ending at a ferry landing in present-day Rensselaer . It was called the Queen's Road, after Queen Anne . The King's Bridge was built as a toll bridge in 1693, by Frederick Philipse, a wealthy merchant and major landholder in the Bronx and Westchester. The bridge, the first connecting Manhattan with the mainland, spanned the former Spuyten Duyvil Creek at what today
288-521: The southern tip. The Dutch explorer and entrepreneur David Pietersz. de Vries gives the first mention of it in his journal for the year 1642 ("the Wickquasgeck Road over which the Indians passed daily"). The Dutch named the road " Heerestraat ". In 1669, the provincial government of New York designated a postal route between New York City and Albany , the colony's two most important settlements at
306-458: The time. It was little more than a narrow path in many places, following old trails used by the Wiccoppe and Wappinger tribes. Stagecoaches headed north originally started from Cortlandt Street in lower Manhattan ; later the starting point was moved up to Broadway and Twenty-first Street. In 1703, the legislative body provided for the postal road to be a "public and common general highway" along
324-580: Was on the verge of being demolished. It was acquired by a group called Friends of Elmendorph, which renovated it to its present appearance over the next 12 years. A front porch that was on the building in 1978 when it was listed on the Register has since been removed, and shingled siding removed to reveal the original clapboard. The building is now home to Historic Red Hook , a membership 501(c)(3) non-profit volunteer organization committed to collecting, preserving and promoting Red Hook's history. The group maintains
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