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Photo: M. Aumann
Abigail
Sherwood House (c.1774)1
85 Carpenter Avenue.
The oldest house in Crestwood, it is located at 85
Carpenter Avenue. The front portion of this house is the original
Abigail Sherwood farmhouse built in 1774. It then was centered near
the corner of Scarsdale Road and Pennsylvania Avenue. To preserve
this important Crestwood landmark , it was moved to its present site
in 1917 by the Merritt Family who were related by marriage to the
Sherwoods.
The
remaining portion of this house was built around 1890.The Sherwood
House was the meeting place of the Methodist Society when Francis
Asbury returned to Westchester County after the American Revolution.
It was Abigail Sherwood who became the proud possessor of the
125 acres of land (under the Bill of Forfeiture,1785) which form the
basic part of old Crestwood. It is possible Abigail may even have
witnessed Yonkers’ first battle in the Revolution right from her
front parlor window. This feisty lady, fondly known as "The Widow
Sherwood" is still with us and rests in peace in the Asbury Church
graveyard.
Architecturally it has gone through many changes,
but much detailing still remains of this original Colonial
structure.
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1. Research and text Marguerite
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