Wildercliff, Morton Road, Rhinebeck, Dutchess County, NY

Significance: A large house with Federal style details situated on a bluff overlooking the Hudson River, Wildercliff was constructed in 1799. Wildercliff was the home of the Reverent Freeborn Garrettson (1752-1827), an early circuit riding Methodist minister, and his wife, Catherine, a daughter of Judge Robert and Margaret Beekman Livingston of the estate, Clermont. Wildercliff is one of twenty-one contiguous estates along the east bank of the Hudson River between Stratsburg and Tivoli, New York.

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-293, FN-294, FN-295

Survey number: HABS NY-5628

Building/structure dates: ca. 1800 Initial Construction

Building/structure dates: ca. 1830 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: ca. 1903 Subsequent Work

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1830 - 1840

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