Seven Oaks Estate, the former Charles F. Park estate, is a historic

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located at Palisades in

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designed by George E. Woodward, an editor of '' The Horticulturist'' magazine.Woodward, Geo E. "RESIDENCE OF CHARLES F. PARK, ESQ.: CARRIAGE HOUSE AND STABLE." ''Horticulturist and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste (1846-1875)'', 08, 1863. 238. The main estate house is a large clapboarded structure built in 1862 in the

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style, with cues from

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's ''Villas and Cottages'' (1857). The house features a projecting central bay and full-width

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. Also on the property are a coachman's house, built about 1862, and four subsidiary outbuildings. ''See also:'' It was listed on the

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in 1990.

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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Gothic Revival architecture in New York (state) Houses completed in 1862 Houses in Rockland County, New York 1862 establishments in New York (state) National Register of Historic Places in Rockland County, New York {{RocklandCountyNY-NRHP-stub