Built 1903 Opened 1903 Added to NRHP 28 January 2004 | NRHP Reference # 03001513 Area 6 ha | |
Location 158 NY 9N, Upper Jay, New York Architectural style Tudor Revival architecture | ||
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.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.