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Lewis Mumford House

Amenia, New YorkFederal architecture in New York (state)Houses completed in 1837Houses in Dutchess County, New YorkHouses on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state)
National Register of Historic Places in Dutchess County, New York
Lewis Mumford House, Amenia, NY
Lewis Mumford House, Amenia, NY

The Lewis Mumford House is located on Leedsville Road (Dutchess County Route 2) in the Town of Amenia, New York, United States. It is a white Federal style building dating to the 1830s. Social philosopher, historian and cultural critic Lewis Mumford and his wife bought the house in the late 1920s, originally using it as a summer house. By the mid-1930s, they decided to make it their permanent residence for a few years. That period extended to more than half a century, the rest of Mumford's life. His experience of living in a rural area informed some of Mumford's thinking about cities and how they should be shaped. In 1999, a few years after his death, the property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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Lewis Mumford House
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Leedsville Road 441
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New York, United States
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