{"nrhp_refnum":"92000030","name":"The Woodpile","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Jct. of Croton Lake and Wood Rds.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Mt. Kisco","county":"Westchester County","state":"NY","lat":41.22802074100005,"lon":-73.7318485419165,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1992-02-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Landscape Architecture","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 122-acre historic landscape district near Mt. Kisco in the town of Bedford, Westchester County, New York. It holds three mid-19th-century Wood family residences along Croton Lake Road, their designed grounds, farm buildings and a shared view west into School House Meadow.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the district illustrates romanticized country living through landscape architecture and architecture. Each of the three houses, built by three Wood brothers, reflects the style of its decade (Gothic Revival, Italian Villa, Second Empire) and has an integral designed landscape. Together they share a contained pastoral view that determined the siting of the houses.","narrative":"Near Mt. Kisco in the town of Bedford, a row of three houses faces west across Croton Lake Road toward a thirty-acre pastoral field known as School House Meadow. Built by brothers Henry, John and James Wood, the houses reflect the Wood family's association with the site since 1809. Brambleworth, finished in 1847 to a design by A.J. Davis, is a stone Gothic Revival cottage. Evergreen Lawn, completed in 1856, is a stuccoed brick Italian Villa. Braewold, completed in 1870 from drawings by Philadelphia architect Addison Hutton, is a stone Second Empire house with a coach house and a group of working farm buildings. Stone retaining walls along the road act as ha-has, hiding it from the houses and joining their lawns to the meadow. The 122-acre district was recognized for how its architecture and designed landscapes together show mid-nineteenth-century ideals of country living, with Braewold still operating as a farm.","period_of_significance":"Ends in 1870; the form gives 1870 as the end of the period (start date not legible in the provided text).","architect_builder":"A.J. Davis (Brambleworth); E.L. Roberts, draftsman, with Hobart Upjohn for 1924 alterations (Evergreen Lawn); Addison Hutton (Braewold); built by Henry, John and James Wood","architectural_style":"Gothic Revival, Italian Villa, Second Empire","criteria":[],"status_note":"Residences remain in domestic use and Braewold continues as an operating farm; the grounds and farm buildings largely survive.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:46.155104-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/92000030.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92000030/2b1a2d4e0f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92000030/2b1a2d4e0f-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BedfordNY_TheWoodpile_1.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Magicpiano</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BedfordNY_TheWoodpile_1.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75323259","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Woodpile","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7775746"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/westchester-county/the-woodpile-92000030/"}