Bartlett House (Ghent, New York) Explained

Bartlett House
Location:2258 NY 66, Ghent, New York
Coordinates:42.3269°N -73.6183°W
Built:c.
Architecture:Italianate
Added:May 8, 2012
Refnum:12000268[1]

Bartlett House, a historic railroad hotel, restored in 2016 to house a kitchen, bakery, and cafe. It was built about 1870, and is a three-story, five bay by five bay, square, Italianate style brick building on a raised basement. It features a full width front porch at the primary story and decorative cornice. The name BARTLETT HOUSE appears in white lettering between the second and third stories.[2]

History

The Bartlett House was built in 1870 by Ebenezer Bartlett and served as a hotel for railroad travelers. In the mid-1900s, the hotel was the subject of photographs by Walker Evans. The photos were displayed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The Bartlett House continued to operate as a railroad hotel for the New York and Harlem and Hudson and Boston Railroads until about 1948. After the rail line was abandoned, the hotel fell into many years of disuse.

In 2012, the Bartlet House was added to the National Register of Historic Places .[1] In 2016, the Barlett House was renovated and is now open to the public as café and bakery. [3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Listings. 2012-05-18. Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 5/07/12 through 5/11/12 . National Park Service.
  2. Web site: Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS) . https://archive.today/20150701003048/http://cris.parks.ny.gov/ . dead . July 1, 2015 . . Searchable database . 2015-12-01 . Note: This includes Web site: National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Bartlett House . 2015-12-01 . Ruth Piwonka and William E. Krattinger . PDF . November 2011 . and Accompanying photographs
  3. http://bartletthouse.com/ Bartlett House – Kitchen, Bakery, Café in Ghent, New York