Royal C. Peabody Estate

Historic house in New York, United States

United States historic place



U.S. National Register of Historic Places

43°27′3″N 73°41′40″W / 43.45083°N 73.69444°W / 43.45083; -73.69444
Area	5.2 acres (2.1 ha)
Built	1895
Architect	Peabody, Charles S.
Architectural style	Tudor Revival
NRHP reference No.	84003386^[1]
Added to NRHP	June 21, 1984

Royal C. Peabody Estate, also known as Wikiosco ("Home of Beautiful Waters"), is a historic lakefront estate located at Lake George, Warren County, New York. It was built about 1905 and is a 2+1⁄2-story, asymmetrical Tudor Revival–style summer residence. It is a stuccoed frame structure above a raised basement and first story sheathed in rough-cut granite.^[2] It was originally built for Royal C. Peabody the founder of Brooklyn Edison now part of Con Edison.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ Raymond W. Smith (May 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Royal C. Peabody Estate". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2010-09-18. See also: "Accompanying eight photos".

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