Putnam County, New York

Founding: 1812
Parent county: Dutchess

Namesake: Israel Putnam, U.S. army officer
Seat: Carmel (1812–)

Land area: 230 square miles

Population (2020): 97,668

Population (historic): 11,268 (1820); 14,138 (1850); 15,420 (1870); 13,787 (1900); 13,744 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1820–1850; 1860s; 1900s; 1920–2010

Subdivisions: Three villages; seven CDPs; six towns

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 6,599 (17.1%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 69.7%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 27%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 3.1%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 2.5%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $6,359
Average outbuilding value (1930): $6,071
Average farmhouse size (1940): 7.1 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 767
Average farm size (1920): 59.6 acres
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Carmel

Namesake: Uncertain—likely biblical Mount Carmel

Founding: 1815 (post office)

Population (2020): 7,538

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 364 (13.9%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. Belden House (c. 1760/1870). 1 Belden Road. Carmel. Gothic Revival.
2. Matthew Patterson House (1843). 989 State Route 311. Patterson. Greek Revival.
3. James Hayt House (c. 1860). State Route 311, west of Patterson. Patterson. Italianate. Razed.
4. William Osborn House (1858). 848 Bear Mountain–Beacon Road. Philipstown. Gothic Revival.
5. The Birches / William Osborn House (1882). 996 Bear Mountain–Beacon Road. Philipstown. Tudor Revival/Stick.
6. Jacob Mandeville House (c. 1735). 1001 Bear Mountain–Beacon Road. Philipstown.
7. St. Philip's Episcopal Church (1861–1865). 1101 Bear Mountain–Beacon Road. Philipstown. Gothic Revival.
8. Boscobel / States Dyckman Estate (1804–1808). 1601 Bear Mountain–Beacon Road. Philipstown. Federal.
9. Fair Lawn / Thomas Rossiter House (1860). 1657 Bear Mountain–Beacon Road. Philipstown. Italianate.
10. Edwards Pierrepont Estate (1867). 20 Beckwith Lane. Philipstown. Gothic Revival.
11. Samuel Sloan House (1888). 352 Cat Rock Road. Philipstown. Queen Anne.
12. Wheelock–DeRham House (c. 1810/1850/1870). 73 Indian Brook Road. Philipstown. Federal/Second Empire.
13. Montrest / Aaron Healy House (1868). 505 Lane Gate Road. Philipstown. Gothic Revival.
14. Oulagisket / Samuel Sloan House (c. 1864). 61 Lisburne Lane. Philipstown. Italianate. Remodeled.
15. Wilson House (c. 1854). 101 Lower Station Road. Philipstown. Gothic Revival.
16. Woodlawn / William Moore House (1854). 21 Malcolm Gordon Road. Philipstown. Gothic Revival.
17. Walter Thompson House (1883–1890). 20 Nazareth Way. Philipstown. Tudor Revival.
18. Castle Rock / William Osborn Estate (1881). 131 Old Stone Road. Philipstown. Romanesque.
19. Eagle's Rest / Jacob Ruppert Estate (1928). 79 St. Basil's Road. Philipstown. Tudor Revival.
20. Rock Lawn / Hamilton Fish House (1852–1853). 51 Upper Station Road. Philipstown. Italianate.
21. Seth Howes House (c. 1900). 100 Turk Hill Road. Southeast. Tudor Revival.

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