Big House is a historic home in Palisades, Rockland County, New York, and is the oldest surviving dwelling in the hamlet, the only building remaining from its formative years. Built around 1735, it is a large stone dwelling in the vernacular Dutch style, with a rectangular central block flanked by wings. Its National Register nomination describes it as embodying the eighteenth century regional Dutch vernacular building tradition, including its one and a half story gable roofed form, linear plan, multiple entrances, and masonry construction. 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 TypeSourced to the subject's own account LocationSourced to the subject's own accountNew York, United States 3 Completed Year Classification
Standing Status Building Type
Building Type (category)Sourced to the subject's own account Connections
Has Building Type
Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.
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Source Big House (Palisades, New York) (Wikipedia)
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1. Big House (Palisades, New York) (Wikipedia)
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Big House is a historic home in Palisades, Rockland County, New York, and is the oldest surviving dwelling in the hamlet, the only building remaining from its formative years. Built around 1735, it is a large stone dwelling in the vernacular Dutch style, with a rectangular central block flanked by wings. Its National Register nomination describes it as embodying the eighteenth century regional Dutch vernacular building tradition, including its one and a half story gable roofed form, linear plan, multiple entrances, and masonry construction.
Wikipedia infobox completion_date/completed/built field (1735)
completion_date/completed = 1735
In Style: Gothic Revival, Infobox, architecture
architecture: Gothic Revival, Vernacular Dutch Colonial
Uses Element: Stone, Wikipedia lead
It was built about 1735 and is a large stone dwelling in a vernacular ethnic "Dutch" style.
View the Source2. Big House (Palisades, New York) (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata instance-of (P31) statement (Historic house)Quote, Wikidata instance-of (P31) statement (Historic house)
Wikidata item Q4905849, instance of (P31): historic house
3. Big House (Palisades, New York) (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement (EntityId 391593): New York, United StatesQuote, Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement (EntityId 391593): New York, United States
Wikidata item Q4905849, property P131/P17 (location): New York, United States
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