The Voorhis Office 147 Piermont Avenue, South Nyack, New York. The orientation of this Gothic revival house is toward the majestic beauty of the Hudson River. Built c. 1850, this building served as the office of Commodore William Voorhis, a Nyack...
This rambling house on Orchard Street has a number of contrasts: shingles and siding, a traditional dormer and a five-sided dormer, a steep pitched roof and a flat roof. The wide front porch, however, is very inviting.
This modest house has several interesting features, especially the five-sided balcony/tower on the porch roof. Also of note are the double chimneys, the sunburst in the eaves, and the fish-scale shingles on the tower, the dormer, and in the eaves....