| Big House | |
| Location: | US 9W near jct. with Closter Rd., Palisades, New York |
| Coordinates: | 41.0125°N -73.9131°W |
| Built: | 1735 |
| Architecture: | Gothic Revival, Vernacular Dutch Colonial |
| Added: | July 12, 1990 |
| Refnum: | 90001008 |
Big House is a historic home located at Palisades in Rockland County, New York. The Big House is the oldest dwelling in Palisades and the only building remaining from the hamlet's formative years.[1] It was built about 1735 and is a large stone dwelling in a vernacular ethnic "Dutch" style. It consists of a rectangular central block flanked on either side by wings.[2] In the nomination for the National Register of Historic Places it is further described as embodying
the distinctive characteristics of the eighteenth-century regional Dutch vernacular building tradition, specifically its -story, gable-roofed form, linear plan, multiple entrances, and masonry construction.[1]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.