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

National Register listings: 51

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.