St. Margaret's Home

St. Margaret's Home
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	7260 South Broadway, Red Hook, New York
Coordinates	41°58′51″N 73°52′57″W / 41.98083°N 73.88250°WCoordinates: 41°58′51″N 73°52′57″W / 41.98083°N 73.88250°W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1852-1853
Architectural style	Italian Villa
NRHP Reference #	06000883[1]
Added to NRHP	September 28, 2006

St. Margaret's Home, also known as Mrs. Astor's Orphan Asylum, is a historic Episcopal orphanage located at 7260 South Broadway in Red Hook, Dutchess County, New York. It was built in 1852, and is a two-story, Italian Villa style brick building with brownstone trim. It features a front porch with fluted cast iron columns, French windows, and round arched center double entrance. Its construction and operation until 1872 was supported by Margaret Rebecca Armstrong Astor (1800-1872), wife of William Backhouse Astor, Sr. (1792-1875) From 1872 to 1875, it's patron was Margaret Astor Ward Chanler, wife of John Winthrop Chanler (1826-1877), after which Congressman Chanler until his death in 1877 and afterwards the Chanler Estate. The orphanage closed in 1932.^{[2]:3, 10–11}

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.^[1]

References

1. National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)" (Searchable database). New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2015-12-01. Note: This includes Peter D. Shaver (May 2006). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: St. Margaret's Home" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-12-01. and Accompanying photographs