517 Lake Rd., New Windsor, New York. County/parish: Orange.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places July 28, 2004. NRIS 04000753.
3 contributing buildings. 1 contributing structure.
The Thomas McDowell House is located on Lake Road in the Little Britain section of the Town of New Windsor in Orange County, New York, United States. It was built c. 1770 by McDowell, an early settler of the area, and was later rented out by his descendants to prominent local weaver James Alexander. In 2004 it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
It is one of the last surviving homes built by the original Little Britain settlers, a mostly Irish group that had survived a difficult sea voyage to the New World, and the only one that remains mostly in its original form. Some later residents left behind reminders of the tastes of later eras.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75320686