George Rymph House is a historic home located at Hyde Park

Hyde Park, New York

Hyde Park is a town located in the northwest part of Dutchess County, New York, United States, just north of the city of Poughkeepsie. The town is most famous for being the hometown of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt....

 in Dutchess County, New York

Dutchess County, New York

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. It was built about 1769 and is a one and one half story, three bay, center hall plan vernacular dwelling built of uncoursed fieldstone

Fieldstone

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. It is topped by a gable roof. Gothic detailing was added in the mid-19th century. The front elevation features a wood portico with Doric order

Doric order

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 columns. The Rymph property was purchased in 1914 by the Dominican Fathers

Dominican Order

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 religious order and in 1927, the house became the property's caretaker's cottage.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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in 1993.