Anthony Yelverton House Explained

Anthony Yelverton House
Location:	39 Maple Ave., Highland, New York
Coordinates:	41.7169°N -73.9514°W
Area:	less than one acre
Built:	c. 1754
Added:	September 22, 1983
Refnum:	83001823

The Anthony Yelverton House is a historic house located at 39 Maple Avenue Highland, Ulster County, New York.

Description and history

It is a -story, three-bay wide frame structure built about 1754. It is built into the hillside. It features a two-story porch spanning the full width of the building. It is the only surviving structure from "Yelverton's Landing", and once served as a tavern, storehouse, and private residence.^[1]

Anthony Yelverton was a Poughkeepsie businessman. From this building and adjacent sawmill, Yelverton developed the area called both Yelverton's Landing and New Paltz Landing because a road connected it to New Paltz, further west. It became both a community in its own right and a Hudson River "port" for commerce from the New Paltz area.^{[2] [3]}

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 22, 1983.

Notes and References

1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Registration: Anthony Yelverton House. August 1983. 2010-03-20 . Neil Larson. New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. See also: Web site: Accompanying seven photos.
2. News: Labrise. Megan. Fires and ice: The history of Highland Landing. 5 July 2017. Hudson Valley Times. 20 June 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20180908113308/http://www.ulsterpublishing.com/view/full_story/14348712/article--Fires-and-ice-the-history-of-Highland-Landing. 8 September 2018. dead.
3. News: Harris. Kandy. 22 August 2014. Anthony Yelverton House in Highland, $89,000. 5 July 2017. Upstater.