Jedediah Hotchkiss House
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Jedediah Hotchkiss House, also known as Old Stone House, is a historic home located at Windsor
Windsor (village), New York
Windsor is a village in Broome County, New York, United States. The population was 901 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Binghamton Metropolitan Statistical Area....

 in Broome County, New York
Broome County, New York
Broome County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 200,600. It was named in honor of John Broome, who was lieutenant governor in 1806 when Broome County was established. Its county seat is Binghamton, which is also its major city. The current...

. It was built about 1823 and is a two story dwelling with a gable roof constructed of roughly squared creek and fieldstone
Fieldstone
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. It was the birthplace of educator and American Civil War cartographer and topographer Jedediah Hotchkiss
Jedediah Hotchkiss
Jedediah Hotchkiss , also known as Jed, was an educator and the most famous cartographer and topographer of the American Civil War...

 (1828–1899).

It was listed on 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 1982.
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