Oblenis House, Sickeltown Road, West Nyack

Although not a sandstone structure, this house is built on the same lines as the sandstone houses in the area. The section on the right has a doorway and a single dormer, while the much larger left portion has a center door with two windows on either side and three dormers. This residence of the Oblenis family was built just before the American Revolution and is one of a few frame houses to be built at that time. This illustration is Plate 55 in "Pre-Revolutionary Dutch Houses and Families" by Rosalie Fellows Bailey, 1936. There is an extensive write-up on the house and the Oblenis family in t... Mehr ...