Seven Chimneys
- Also Known As: Zabriskie-Vanemburgh House
- Address: 25 Chimney Ridge Ct
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1750/00/00 | Seven Chimneys is built between 1745 and 1750 by Nicholas Zabriskie. The house is noted on Robert Erskine's 1778. For its first 158 years, Seven Chimneys remained part of the extended Zabriskie and extended Zabriskie family. | |||||
| 1770/00/00 | In 1770, the left and right wings are built on Zabriskie House. In 1812, the second story was added. | |||||
| 1914/00/00 | William Bailey Howland | Home | William B Howland, publisher of the Independent and Outlook, buys the Zabriskie property as his country house. Howland begins to call the house Seven Chimneys, considering the eighth one on the little smokehouse too far away to be included. | |||
| 1915/00/00 | Theodore Roosevelt | Visitor | Theodore Roosevelt uses the western most room in the west wing as a study from 1915 to 1917 when spending many weekends with his host, Dr William Howland. |
| Particulars for Seven Chimneys: | |
|---|---|
| Area of Significance | Architecture |
| Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
| Sight Category | Building |
| Criteria | Historic Event |
| Level of Significance | National |
| Criteria | Person |
| Area of Significance | Politics-government |
| Owner | Private |
| Historic Use | Single dwelling |
| Area of Significance | Social History |
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