{"nrhp_refnum":"01001392","name":"Chichester House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"116 Fair St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Kingston","county":"Ulster County","state":"NY","lat":41.928031797000074,"lon":-74.01578982299998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2001-12-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story brick Second Empire house at 116 Fair Street in Kingston, Ulster County, New York, built around 1870, with a surviving ca. 1870 carriage house behind it.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is an outstanding example of French Second Empire residential architecture in Kingston. It displays a concave mansard roof, patterned slate shingles, a bracketed cornice, double entrance doors and lavish moldings. It also retains a high degree of integrity and is an important local landmark.","narrative":"Set on the east side of Fair Street in Kingston, New York, this large brick house dates to about 1870 and shows the Second Empire style. It is three stories tall, with a main block three bays wide and a slightly recessed north wing, all resting on a stone and brick foundation. A concave mansard roof of patterned slate shingles, an overhanging bracketed eave and round-arched dormers give the building its character. A full-width porch with Classical Revival detailing spans the front. Inside, a side hall plan holds a carved stair, modillioned ceiling cornices and finely crafted fireplace surrounds. A ca. 1870 carriage house survives behind the residence. An 1870 city map shows a Mrs. Chichester as owner. Fair Street is described as one of the city's most prosperous mid-nineteenth century residential neighborhoods. The property was listed for its architecture, as a sophisticated and well-preserved local example of the style, with original two-over-two windows and an intact urban setting.","period_of_significance":"ca.1870","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late Victorian/Second Empire","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"In use as a single dwelling; the ca. 1870 carriage house is used for storage.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:53.299763-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/01001392.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01001392/55cf3b24fa-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01001392/55cf3b24fa-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Daniel Case","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chichester_House,_Kingston,_NY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniel Case</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chichester_House,_Kingston,_NY.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75322564","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chichester_House_(Kingston,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5096005"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/ulster-county/chichester-house-01001392/"}