William E. Ward House
Historic house on Connecticut-New York state line in United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The William E. Ward House, known locally as Ward's Castle, is located on Magnolia Drive, on the state line between Rye Brook, New York and Greenwich, Connecticut, United States. It is a reinforced concrete structure built in the 1870s.
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William E. Ward House | |
Location | Rye Brook, NY; Greenwich, CT |
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Nearest city | Rye, NY |
Coordinates | 41°1′33″N 73°40′1″W |
Area | 8 acres (3.2 ha)[1] |
Built | 1873–76[1] |
Architect | William E. Ward, Robert Mook |
Architectural style | Second Empire, Gothic Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 76001294 |
Added to NRHP | November 7, 1976 |
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Ward, a mechanical engineer, built the house with his friend Robert Mook to demonstrate the viability of the material for building. It is the first reinforced concrete building in the United States.[2] It was later purchased by Mort Walker, creator of the comic strip Beetle Bailey, who used it to house the Museum of Cartoon Art from 1976 to 1992.[3]