Augustus Howland House

Augustus Howland House is a historic home located at 1395 Sherwood Road in Sherwood in Cayuga County, New York. It is a "distinctive high-style Italianate" dwelling built about 1850. It is a 2+12-story, six bays wide and three bays deep, heavy timber frame dwelling, topped by a low pitched hipped roof. It is sheathed in clapboard and features a two bay wide front pavilion. Included in the listing are four contributing barns (on the south side of Sherwood Road), a laundry building, and two hitching posts.[2]

Augustus Howland House
Augustus Howland House is located in New York
Augustus Howland House
Augustus Howland House is located in the United States
Augustus Howland House
Location1395 Sherwood Road, Sherwood, New York
Coordinates42°45′37.08″N 76°38′50.99″W / 42.7603000°N 76.6474972°W / 42.7603000; -76.6474972
Area191.2 acres (0.774 km2)
Builtc.1850
Architectural styleItalianate
NRHP reference No.08000448[1]
Added to NRHPMay 20, 2008; 16 years ago (2008-05-20)

The Howlands were Quakers, and Augustus Howland donated land for the nearby North Street Friends Meetinghouse.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ a b Nancy L. Todd (March 2008). National Register of Historic Places Registration: Augustus Howland House. NARA. Retrieved 2011-01-02. Includes four photos from 2007.