{"nrhp_refnum":"01000245","name":"Dundas Castle","other_names":["Craig-E-Clair","Craigie Clair"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Berry Brook Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Roscoe","county":"Sullivan County","state":"NY","lat":41.97896975750004,"lon":-74.8777590745117,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2001-03-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Social History","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Dundas Castle (also Craig-E-Clair) is a 964-acre estate district near Roscoe, straddling Sullivan and Delaware Counties, New York. It centers on an unfinished castellated stone summer residence built between 1910 and 1924 around an earlier 1880s frame house, for Ralph Wurts-Dundas.","why_significant":"The form presents the estate as a remote Catskills retreat whose castle group, gate and bridge represent the Dundas-era estate. The property is tied to the area's history as a fly-fishing center and to the development of rural estates along the Beaverkill. The castle's medievalized design with Gothic and Elizabethan features is also part of its importance.","narrative":"Dundas Castle, also known as Craig-E-Clair, is a 964-acre estate in the Beaverkill valley northwest of Roscoe, spanning Sullivan and Delaware Counties. Its main feature is a rambling, unfinished stone castle with crenellations, cylindrical turrets, a bailey, a retaining wall styled as a curtain wall, and a barbican-like folly. Built between 1910 and 1924 for Ralph Wurts-Dundas, it encloses an earlier frame country house from the late 1880s. Nearby are an ornate wrought-iron entrance gate with stone walls and a small stone-arched bridge, both thought to date from the castle period. The land was consolidated from farms in the late nineteenth century and bought by Dundas in 1907. The estate reflects the Catskills' growth as a fishing and retreat destination after the railroad arrived. Later Camp Eureka buildings, the farm group and some service structures do not contribute. The castle is vacant today.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th century revivals (Gothic and Elizabethan features)","criteria":[],"status_note":"The castle is stated to be currently vacant and unfinished. The farmhouse is in ruinous condition, and later Camp Eureka buildings are non-contributing.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:50.046782-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/01000245.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01000245/04bf009ed7-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01000245/04bf009ed7-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Peter Bond from Philadelphia, USA","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dundas_Castle,_Roscoe.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Peter Bond from Philadelphia, USA</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dundas_Castle,_Roscoe.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75322353","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dundas_Castle_(Roscoe,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5314757"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/sullivan-county/dundas-castle-01000245/"}