Wheeler Hill Historic District

Wheeler Hill Historic District covers 320 acres on the first ridge above the Hudson River's eastern shore in Wappinger, Dutchess County. Winding roads, dry-laid stone walls and mature trees link six large estates established in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries: Obercreek, Elmhurst, Edge Hill, Suydam, Crosby and Carnwath Farms. Their houses range from Federal and Greek Revival to Italianate, Second Empire, Shingle and Colonial Revival, and most keep their original landholdings, outbuildings and designed landscapes. At the river's edge are two eighteenth-century buildings, the Stone House at Farmer's Landing, built around 1740, and the Lent & Waldron Store, built around 1750. They belonged to a dock and trading post where flour and produce from inland settlements were shipped to New York City. The district was listed for its concentration of architectural styles, including rare Hudson Valley examples of Second Empire and Shingle design, and for its link to early commerce along the river. The period of significance runs from about 1740 to 1940.