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Grasmere
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| Location: | Mill Rd., Rhinebeck, New York |
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| Area: | 60 acres (24 ha) |
| Built: | 1824 |
| Architectural style: | Federal |
| Governing body: | Private |
| MPS: | Rhinebeck Town MRA |
| NRHP Reference#: |
87001093 [1] |
| Added to NRHP: | July 9, 1987 |
Grasmere is a national historic district and estate located at Rhinebeck, Dutchess County, New York. It consists of 12 contributing buildings and four contributing structures. The main house was originally built about 1824 and expanded about 1861 and in 1907-1908. The original house was built on the ruins of General Richard Montgomery's (1738 – 1775) c. 1775 manor house destroyed by fire in 1823. It is a three story brick dwelling with restrainted classically inspired design. It sits on a stone foundation and has a hipped roof. In addition to the manor house the contributing buildings / structures include: a barn, three garages, five sheds, the formal gardens, stone walls / gateposts, two corn cribs, two tenant houses (c. 1916), and a stone stable complex (c. 1901). By the mid-19th century tavern, it included as dependencies the separately listed Benner House, Fredenburg House, and Steenburg Tavern.[2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.[1]