Henry W. Livingston House, also known as "The Hill", is a historic home located at Livingston

Livingston, New York

Livingston is a town in Columbia County, New York, United States. The population was 3,424 at the 2000 census. The town is named after its founding father....

 in Columbia County, New York

Columbia County, New York

Columbia County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 63,096. The county seat is Hudson. The name comes from the Latin feminine form of the name of Christopher Columbus, which was at the time of the formation of the county a popular proposal...

. It was built in 1803 is a massive, two story brick dwelling coated in stucco

Stucco

Stucco or render is a material made of an aggregate, a binder, and water. Stucco is applied wet and hardens to a very dense solid. It is used as decorative coating for walls and ceilings and as a sculptural and artistic material in architecture...

. It has a three bay central block with wings that terminate in octagons. The central block features curved bays and a two story portico

Portico

A portico is a porch leading to the entrance of a building, or extended as a colonnade, with a roof structure over a walkway, supported by columns or enclosed by walls...

 with four Ionic order

Ionic order

The Ionic order forms one of the three orders or organizational systems of classical architecture, the other two canonic orders being the Doric and the Corinthian...

 columns and cut stone stylobate. There are also one story curved porches with smaller Ionic columns that connect the octagons of wings to the central block. It was built by Henry W. Livingston

Henry W. Livingston

Henry Walter Livingston was a United States Representative from the state of New York and son of Continental Congressman Walter Livingston....

 (1768-1810).

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...

in 1971.