St. Margaret's Home
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St. Margaret's Home
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| Location | 7260 South Broadway, Red Hook, New York |
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| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1852-1853 |
| Architectural style | Italian Villa |
| NRHP Reference # | 06000883[1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 28, 2006 |
St. Margaret's Home, also known as Mrs. Astor's Orphan Asylum, is a historic Episcopal orphanage located at 7260 South Broadway in Red Hook, Dutchess County, New York. It was built in 1852, and is a two-story, Italian Villa style brick building with brownstone trim. It features a front porch with fluted cast iron columns, French windows, and round arched center double entrance. It's construction and operation until 1872 was supported by Margaret Rebecca Armstrong Astor (1800-1872), wife of William Backhouse Astor, Sr. (1792-1875) From 1872 to 1875, it's patron was Margaret Astor Ward Chanler, wife of John Winthrop Chanler (1826-1877), after which Congressman Chanler until his death in 1877 and afterwards the Chanler Estate. The orphanage closed in 1932.[2]:3, 10-11
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.[1]
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- Orphanages in the United States
- Properties of religious function on the National Register of Historic Places in New York
- Houses completed in 1853
- Houses in Red Hook, New York
- U.S. Route 9
- National Register of Historic Places in Dutchess County, New York
- Dutchess County, New York Registered Historic Place stubs
