187 Leedsville Rd., Amenia, New York. County/parish: Dutchess.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places October 15, 1999. NRIS 99001209.
2 contributing buildings. 1 contributing site.
The Lewis Mumford House is located on Leedsville Road (Dutchess County Route 2) in the Town of Amenia, New York, United States. It is a white Federal style building dating to the 1830s.
Social philosopher, historian and cultural critic Lewis Mumford and his wife bought the house in the late 1920s, originally using it as a summer house. By the mid-1930s, they decided to make it their permanent residence for a few years. That period extended to more than half a century, the rest of Mumford's life. His experience of living in a rural area informed some of Mumford's thinking about cities and how they should be shaped. In 1999, a few years after his death, the property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75317419