German Palatine Farmstead
What has been accomplished...
In July of 2002, the Rhinebeck (Quitman) Resource Center for Preservation, Inc. received as a gift, one of Rhinebeck's earliest properties associated with the 1710 German Palatine immigration to the Hudson River Valley.
The Rhinebeck (Quitman) Resource Center for Preservation, Inc. is the lead agency for a coalition of preservation organiz
In July of 2002, the Rhinebeck (Quitman) Resource Center for Preservation, Inc. received as a gift, one of Rhinebeck's earliest properties associated with the 1710 German Palatine immigration to the Hudson River Valley.
The Rhinebeck (Quitman) Resource Center for Preservation, Inc. is the lead agency for a coalition of preservation organizations who have undertaken the restoration of this 1727-1840 Farmstead.
This site is remarkable in that it is a piece of history on its original site that has survived the onslaught of twentieth-century development with only the modern intrusion of a minimal electrical system. The last resident was a member of the Elseffer family who had purchased the property seven generations earlier in 1762 from Franz Neher, the original owner.
The site, including the 1770 Dutch barn, was listed on the State of National Register of Historic Properties in April 2003.
Our Team of Volunteers
Our dedicated and hard working team is made up of experts in the fields of history, architecture, and preservation. They have spent countless hours painstakingly restoring and preserving the 1770 Dutch barn and the 1727-1840 farmstead house.
We are forever indebted to them for their amazing work.
The Next Project
The Next Project
The stone foundation of the farmstead house needs to be rebuilt, shorn up and repointed. This is an extensive job and because of this it will be accomplished in a few phases. The first phase will focus on the west wall that has an area that is bulging out into the basement space. It must be dismantled and rebuilt.
The cost is $17,333.
On
The stone foundation of the farmstead house needs to be rebuilt, shorn up and repointed. This is an extensive job and because of this it will be accomplished in a few phases. The first phase will focus on the west wall that has an area that is bulging out into the basement space. It must be dismantled and rebuilt.
The cost is $17,333.
On completion, the next area will be the entrance to the basement and its door framing which is in the state of collapse. The cost is also $17,333.
Financial support from our membership and community for this project will be greatly appreciated.