A century-old summer home in Noyac is up for consideration for both the New York State and national registers of historic places.
The house once belonged to William Cauldwell, a New York State senator and New York City newspaper publisher. Now it belongs to the Baldwin family, who reportedly won it in a game of cards 80 years ago and are now looking to preserve it for future generations.
The distinctions would afford the house some protections from demolition or alteration and make it eligible for grants and historic rehabilitation assistance.
“It’s such an amazing house ... nothing’s changed,” said Shelby McChord of Newtown, Connecticut, whose father, Cyril Crockett Baldwin Jr., owns the house. “Even some of the furniture is the original furniture.”
Cyril Baldwin Jr. bought the house, just 50 feet from Little... more
The house once belonged to William Cauldwell, a New York State senator and New York City newspaper publisher. Now it belongs to the Baldwin family, who reportedly won it in a game of cards 80 years ago and are now looking to preserve it for future generations.
The distinctions would afford the house some protections from demolition or alteration and make it eligible for grants and historic rehabilitation assistance.
“It’s such an amazing house ... nothing’s changed,” said Shelby McChord of Newtown, Connecticut, whose father, Cyril Crockett Baldwin Jr., owns the house. “Even some of the furniture is the original furniture.”
Cyril Baldwin Jr. bought the house, just 50 feet from Little... more
