Orange County, New York


Founding: 1683
Parent county: Unorganized territory
Namesake: William III of Orange, English king
Seat: Orangetown (1683–1798); Goshen (1798–)
Land area: 812 square miles
Population (2020): 401,310
Population (historic): 18,492 (1790); 50,739 (1840); 80,902 (1870); 103,859 (1900); 130,383 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1790–2020
Subdivisions: Three cities; 19 villages; 17 CDPs; 21 towns
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 31,864 (22.1%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 68%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 31.9%
Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 5.9%
Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 4.6%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $3,571
Average outbuilding value (1930): $3,094
Average farmhouse size (1940): 7.2 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 3,591
Average farm size (1920): 64.2 acres
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Goshen
 
Namesake: The biblical land of Goshen
Founding: 1714 (founding); 1792 (post office); 1809 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 5,777
Population (historic): 2,205 (1870); 2,907 (1890); 3,081 (1910); 2,891 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1870–1890; 1900s; 1920–2000; 2010s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 654 (25.2%)
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Outstanding Buildings

  1. Charles Hull House (c. 1865). 2817 State Route 94. Blooming Grove. Second Empire.
  2. William Green House (c. 1855). 4122 Summerville Way. Chester. Gothic Revival.
  3. Joseph Sutherland House (c. 1820/1840). 174 Angola Road. Cornwall. Greek Revival.
  4. Mathias Carvey Farm (c. 1805). 375 Angola Road. Cornwall.
  5. Deer Hill / William Powers House (c. 1875). 58 Deer Hill Road. Cornwall. Italianate.
  6. Bullville Methodist Parsonage (c. 1860). 2857 State Route 17K. Crawford. Gothic Revival.
  7. McGuen Farm (c. 1890). 107 Maple Avenue. Goshen. Queen Anne.
  8. William Richardson Farm (c. 1900). 84 Phillipsburg Road. Goshen. Queen Anne.
  9. Culver Randel House (c. 1850). 65 Randall Street. Goshen. Italianate.
  10. William Bull Farm (c. 1722). 183 County Road 51. Hamptonburgh.
  11. Thomas Bull House (1769). 128 State Route 416. Hamptonburgh. Federal.
  12. Stonihurst / Charles Tracy House (c. 1880). 23 Stonihurst Road. Highlands. Italianate/Gothic Revival.
  13. Eliakim Everitt House (c. 1865). 26 County Road 36. Minisink. Second Empire.
  14. Clarence Clark House (1906). 715 State Route 284. Minisink. Craftsman.
  15. James Bull House (1854). Forest Road and Acres Road. Monroe. Greek Revival. Razed.
  16. William Mould Farm (1886). 250 Kaisertown Road. Montgomery. Eastlake.
  17. Peachcroft / Millspaugh–Brown Farm (c. 1800/1893). 427 River Road. Montgomery. Queen Anne.
  18. Indian Hill / Daniel Waring House (1844). 730 River Road. Montgomery. Greek Revival.
  19. Reisenberg House (c. 1880). 317 East Searsville Road. Montgomery. Eastlake.
  20. Nathaniel Hill House (1768). 850 State Route 17K. Montgomery. Georgian.
  21. Dutch Reformed Church (1858). 1588 State Route 17K. Montgomery. Gothic Revival.
  22. Cadwallader Colden House Ruins (1767). State Route 17K and Stone Castle Road. Montgomery. Georgian.
  23. Goodwill Presbyterian Church (1765/1871). 2117 State Route 208. Montgomery. Gothic Revival.
  24. House (c. 1820). 194 Union Street. Montgomery. Federal.
  25. House (1812). 232 Ward Street. Montgomery. Federal.
  26. St. Thomas Episcopal Church (1846–1848). 37 Old State Route 9W. New Windsor. Gothic Revival.
  27. House (c. 1800). 478 Union Avenue. New Windsor. Federal.
  28. John Haskell House (c. 1726). 124 Windsor Highway. New Windsor. Razed.
  29. Gomez–Ackert House (c. 1715/1775). 98 Mill House Road. Newburgh.
  30. Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church (1891). 977 River Road. Newburgh. Gothic Revival.
  31. Echo Lawn / George Elliott Estate (c. 1860). 10 Stonegate Drive. Newburgh. Second Empire.
  32. William Bull Farm (c. 1780/1830). 280 Bart Bull Road. Wallkill. Greek Revival.
  33. Nathan Mills Farm (c. 1850). 1110 Goshen Turnpike. Wallkill. Gothic Revival.
  34. Shorter–Crowell Farm (c. 1910). 339 Hufcut Road. Wallkill. Classical Revival.
  35. Jacob Mills Farm (1791). 447 Scotchtown–Collabar Road. Wallkill. Federal.
  36. William Wisner Farm (c. 1820/1855). 75 Bellvale Lakes Road. Warwick. Italianate/Gothic Revival.
  37. Nicholas Ryerson House (c. 1860). 98 Bellvale Lakes Road. Warwick. Italianate.
  38. John Hathorn House (1773/1900). 21 Hathorn Road. Warwick.
  39. William Wheeler House (1850). 1572 State Route 17A. Warwick. Greek Revival.
  40. Robertson House (c. 1860). 77 County Road 49. Wawayanda. Italianate/Gothic Revival.
  41. Herbert Smith Farm (c. 1890). 449 Lime Kiln Road. Wawayanda. Eastlake.
  42. Jesse Brown House (c. 1870). 520 Smith Clove Road. Woodbury. Gothic Revival.
  43. House (c. 1900). 415 State Route 32. Woodbury. Classical Revival.
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