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Historic house in New York, United States United States historic place
Wellscroft
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location158 NY 9N, Upper Jay, New York
Coordinates44°20′37″N 73°46′21″W / 44.34361°N 73.77250°W / 44.34361; -73.77250
Area15 acres (6.1 ha)
Built1903
ArchitectBliss, E.L.; et al.
Architectural styleTudor Revival
NRHP reference No.03001513
Added to NRHPJanuary 28, 2004

Wellscroft is a historic estate complex located at Upper Jay in Essex County, New York. It was built in 1903 and is a large and distinguished Tudor Revival–style summer estate home. It is a long, 2+1⁄2-story, rectangular-shaped building with several projecting bays, porches, gables and dormers, a porte cochere and a service wing. The rear facade features a large semi-circular projection. The first-story exterior is faced in native fieldstone. The interior features a number of Arts and Crafts style design features. Also on the property are a power house, fire house, gazebo, root cellar, reservoir, ruins of the caretaker's house and carriage house, and the remains of the landscaped grounds.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Steven C. Engelhart and Linda Garofalini (February 2003). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Wellscroft". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2010-07-14. See also: "Accompanying 51 photos".
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