{"nrhp_refnum":"02001315","name":"Smith, John, House","other_names":["Mrs. C.S. Smith House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"103 Albany Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Kingston","county":"Ulster County","state":"NY","lat":41.93285644700006,"lon":-74.01125273599996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2002-11-15","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story wood frame Italianate house at 103 Albany Avenue in Kingston, Ulster County, New York, built around 1860, with a non-contributing early twentieth century concrete block garage behind it.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is an important local example of Italianate residential architecture. Its cubic massing, ornate cornice with frieze and paired brackets, and finely crafted porches, bay window and entry are cited as some of Albany Avenue's finest craftsmanship. It is also described as a reminder of the opulence and social status once associated with the neighborhood.","narrative":"Built around 1860, this two-story wood frame house at 103 Albany Avenue in Kingston stands on a narrow lot at the corner of Albany Avenue and Chandler Drive. It is a three-by-three-bay Italianate residence with original clapboards, a raised brick foundation, a hipped roof, broad eaves, a molded cornice and paired brackets. A cupola once crowned the roof but was removed in the early twentieth century because of structural damage. A full-width front porch, a recessed paneled entry and a side bay window add to its detail. Inside, a central hall with flanking parlors retains moldings and coved plaster ceilings. The house appears on an 1870 atlas as the home of Mrs. C. S. Smith, later identified as Catherine S. Smith, widow of John Smith. It was listed for its architecture, as a locally important Italianate house and as one of the finest examples of craftsmanship on Albany Avenue, despite a setting altered by road expansion.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1860","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late Victorian/Italianate","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still used as a single dwelling; the setting has been compromised by the expansion of Albany Avenue and Chandler Drive.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:53.573606-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/02001315.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02001315/9fce61e4c8-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02001315/9fce61e4c8-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Daniel Case","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Smith_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:John_Smith_House,_Kingston,_NY.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75315218","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Smith_House_(Kingston,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6258388"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/ulster-county/smith-john-house-02001315/"}