Sweet Briar (Geneseo, New York)

	Sweet Briar
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Nearest city	5126 Mount Morris Rd., near Geneseo, New York
Coordinates	42°46′28.95″N 77°49′41.29″W / 42.7747083°N 77.8281361°W
Area	246.243 acres (99.651 ha)
Built	1898
Built by	Forbes, Edward
Architect	Austen, George
NRHP reference No.	10000104
Added to NRHP	March 29, 2010

Sweet Briar is a historic farm house located near Geneseo in Livingston County, New York.

History

The main house was built about 1898 by George and Isabel Valle Austen on land that had been previously owned by Horatio Jones and the Wadsworth family. It was then the home of Winthrop and Margaret Ward Terry Chanler. It is a 2+1⁄2-story frame building with clapboard siding and a hipped roof with dormers. It is in a "U" shape and features a grand Tuscan colonnade. Also on the property are contributing gate posts, a stable, fountain, two tenant houses, and the Chapel of St. Felicitas. The chapel was built in 1913 and is a small stucco building with a slate roof and stained glass windows.^[2] The structure was later moved to the neighboring home near Fall Brook. The main house (with ten acres) was sold in 2004 and operated as a bed and breakfast, wedding venue, spa and yoga studio until 2014. Currently Sweet Briar is a private residence.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register of Historic Places". WEEKLY LIST OF ACTIONS TAKEN ON PROPERTIES: 4/19/10 THROUGH 4/23/10. National Park Service. 2010-04-30.
^ "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)" (Searchable database). New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2016-08-01. Note: This includes Robert T. Englert (July 2009). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Sweet Briar" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-08-01. and Accompanying nine photographs

External links

Sweetbriar at the Association for the Preservation of Geneseo

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[nris-1] "National Register of Historic Places". WEEKLY LIST OF ACTIONS TAKEN ON PROPERTIES: 4/19/10 THROUGH 4/23/10. National Park Service. 2010-04-30.

[NysNrhpNom-2] "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)" (Searchable database). New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2016-08-01. Note: This includes Robert T. Englert (July 2009). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Sweet Briar" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-08-01. and Accompanying nine photographs

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