The Birches (Garrison, New York)
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The Birches
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Front view in 2008
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| Location | Cat Rock Rd., hamlet of Garrison, town of Philipstown, NY |
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| Nearest city | Peekskill |
| Coordinates | 41°22′32″N 73°56′36″W / 41.37556°N 73.94333°WCoordinates: 41°22′32″N 73°56′36″W / 41.37556°N 73.94333°W |
| Built | 1882 |
| Architect | Ralph Adams Cram |
| Architectural style | Gothic Revival |
| MPS | Hudson Highlands Multiple Resource Area |
| NRHP Reference # | 82001259 |
| Added to NRHP | 1982 |
The Birches is a house at the southeast corner of the junction of NY 9D and 403 in the hamlet of Garrison, New York, United States. It was built for William H. Osborn, as part of his nearby Wing & Wing estate, by architect Ralph Adams Cram in the Gothic Revival architectural style. Osborn was a 19th-century railroad tycoon, who became one of the most prominent railroad leaders in the United States. In addition to Wing and Wing and the Birches, Osborn famously constructed Castle Rock, his great summer estate overlooking the Hudson River.
In 1982 it was added to the National Register of Historic Places. It is just across Route 9D from the Garrison Grist Mill Historic District.
The first story is built of dressed, randomly coursed stone. It gives way to frame and a gambrel roof on the upper stories. A projecting, center-shingled pavilion on the west facade is trimmed in half-timber, coming to a louvered gable peak with its rafters intentionally exposed as decoration. A similarly decorated porch, with open gable, extends from the pavilion. The south profile has a one-story projecting bay supporting a balcony. The windows and doors on the first story have arched openings, echoed by a split rounded transom over the double-doored main entrance.
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