The McVickar House is a wooden-frame house at 131 Main Street in Irvington, New York, built in 1853 in the Greek Revival style with later Picturesque decorative touches, by the Episcopal minister John McVickar, who moved to Irvington to help establish a chapel school with friends including the writer Washington Irving. McVickar's son, the church's first pastor, later lived in the house, which is the second-oldest structure on the village's Main Street. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004, it now serves as a museum and offices for the Irvington Historical Society. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Building Type LocationSourced to the subject's own accountIrvington, United States 2 Completed Year Classification
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The McVickar House is a wooden-frame house at 131 Main Street in Irvington, New York, built in 1853 in the Greek Revival style with later Picturesque decorative touches, by the Episcopal minister John McVickar, who moved to Irvington to help establish a chapel school with friends including the writer Washington Irving. McVickar's son, the church's first pastor, later lived in the house, which is the second-oldest structure on the village's Main Street. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004, it now serves as a museum and offices for the Irvington Historical Society.
Wikipedia infobox completion_date/completed/built field (1853)
completion_date/completed = 1853
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The McVickar House is located at 131 Main Street in Irvington, New York, United States. It is a wooden frame house built in the middle of the 19th century in the Greek Revival architectural style with some Picturesque decorative touches added later. In 2004 it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
It was built by John McVickar, an Episcopalian minister who moved to the area to be
In Style: Greek Revival Architecture, Infobox, architecture
architecture: Greek Revival
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It is a wooden frame house built in the middle of the 19th century in the Greek Revival architectural style with some Picturesque decorative touches added later.
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Wikimedia FoundationWikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Irvington, United StatesQuote, Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Irvington, United States
Wikidata item Q3661127, property P131/P17 (location): Irvington, United States
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