Odell House is a historic home located at Greenburgh

Greenburgh, New York

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, Westchester County, New York

Westchester County, New York

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. The house consists of a -story central section erected in 1732, with flanking wings. The east wing was built in 1765 as a -story structure and raised to a full two stories in 1785. The central section and east wing are of wood-frame construction, covered with cedar wood

Cedar wood

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 shingles, and rest on a fieldstone

Fieldstone

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 foundation. The 2-story stone west wing was built between 1853 and 1855. The house features three divided Dutch door

Dutch door

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s. The Odell farm served as headquarters of Count de Rochambeau

Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau

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 and campsite for the French expeditionary forces under his command from July 6 to August 18, 1781. In 1965, the house was deeded to the New York chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution

Sons of the American Revolution

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It was added to the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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in 1973.