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| Completed in 1889, "The Normandy" was the home of Judge Ferdinand V. and Rowena (Herrick) Sanford in Warwick, NY |
Judge Ferdinand V. Sanford was a member of an old Warwick family. He married Rowena Herrick on April 14, 1885. Designed by architect E. G. W. Dietrich, the preliminary design of their new house was published in the May 1888 edition of the Architect Builder and Woodworker. In the fall of 1888, Dietrich exhibited four watercolor renderings of his recent designs in the Architectural Exhibit at the National Exposition in Kansas City, Missouri. A review of the exhibition in the periodical
Building stated, "E. G. W. Dietrich, New York, also treats us to a few gay water colors, his best being a house for Judge Sanford, Warwick, N.Y., which, though rather overdone in the matter of overhangs, is not unhappy in general effect, and is well rendered." Completed in January 1889, the house was built by contractor Andrew D. Bogert of Englewood, NJ with John V. Sarvent as the head carpenter. While the original design featured a cobble stone first floor, the executed house was built of with clapboards on the first floor and shingles cladding the floors above. The house is currently offered for sale in May 2026 and additional photos can be found
here.
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| Watercolor rendering by E. G. W. Dietrich exhibited at the 1888 National Exposition in Kansas City, Missouri |
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| Floorplans published in the May 1888 Architect Builder and Woodworker. Notice the thick first floor walls which were cobble stone in the original design. |
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| Interior photos of the main staircase from the May 2026 online real estate listing by Village Green Realty |
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| A portrait of Judge Ferdinand V. Sanford from the History of Orange County, 1908 |
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