Wellscroft

Wellscroft is a historic estate complex located at Upper Jay in Essex County, New York. It was built in 1903 and is a large and distinguished Tudor Revival–style summer estate home. It is a long, 2+1⁄2-story, rectangular-shaped building with several projecting bays, porches, gables and dormers, a porte cochere and a service wing. The rear facade features a large semi-circular projection. The first-story exterior is faced in native fieldstone. The interior features a number of Arts and Crafts style design features. Also on the property are a power house, fire house, gazebo, root cellar, reservoir, ruins of the caretaker's house and carriage house, and the remains of the landscaped grounds.^[2]

Wellscroft
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	158 NY 9N, Upper Jay, New York
Coordinates	44°20′37″N 73°46′21″W
Area	15 acres (6.1 ha)
Built	1903
Architect	Bliss, E.L.; et al.
Architectural style	Tudor Revival
NRHP reference No.	03001513[1]
Added to NRHP	January 28, 2004

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.^[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. Steven C. Engelhart and Linda Garofalini (February 2003). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Wellscroft". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2010-07-14. See also: "Accompanying 51 photos".