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George Westinghouse Jr. Birthplace and Boyhood Home

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The George Westinghouse Jr. Birthplace and Boyhood Home is a historic home at Central Bridge in Schoharie County, New York. The property includes two nineteenth century residences, two small barns, a well house and privy, and the site of a combined blacksmith shop and threshing machine works. The house where inventor George Westinghouse was born, built around 1825, is a one and a half story rectangular frame residence in a vernacular Greek Revival style. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Building TypeSourced to the subject's own account
Historic house 2
LocationSourced to the subject's own account
New York, United States 3
Completed Year
1846 1
Classification
Standing Status
Standing 1
Building Type
Building Type (category)Sourced to the subject's own account
House 2
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House, Concepts

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.

In Style

Greek Revival Architecture, Styles and Movements
Source George Westinghouse Jr. Birthplace and Boyhood Home (Wikipedia)

Uses Element

Timber, Architectural Materials
Source George Westinghouse Jr. Birthplace and Boyhood Home (Wikipedia)
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1. George Westinghouse Jr. Birthplace and Boyhood Home (Wikipedia)
  • infobox field: built=1846
  • Entity description and the lead/infobox of the Wikipedia article
    The George Westinghouse Jr. Birthplace and Boyhood Home is a historic home at Central Bridge in Schoharie County, New York. The property includes two nineteenth century residences, two small barns, a well house and privy, and the site of a combined blacksmith shop and threshing machine works. The house where inventor George Westinghouse was born, built around 1825, is a one and a half story rectangular frame residence in a vernacular Greek Revival style.
  • In Style: Greek Revival Architecture, Introduction
    The house where inventor George Westinghouse was born, built circa 1825, is a 1+1⁄2-story, rectangular frame residence in a vernacular Greek Revival style.
  • Uses Element: Timber, Wikipedia lead
    The house where inventor George Westinghouse was born, built circa 1825, is a 1+1⁄2-story, rectangular frame residence in a vernacular Greek Revival style.
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2. George Westinghouse Jr. Birthplace and Boyhood Home (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata instance-of (P31) statement (Historic house)
Quote, Wikidata instance-of (P31) statement (Historic house)
Wikidata item Q5546178, instance of (P31): historic house
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3. George Westinghouse Jr. Birthplace and Boyhood Home (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: New York, United States
Quote, Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: New York, United States
Wikidata item Q5546178, property P131/P17 (location): New York, United States
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