{"nrhp_refnum":"02001316","name":"Smith, George J., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"109 Albany Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Kingston","county":"Ulster County","state":"NY","lat":41.932943386000034,"lon":-74.01088953499993,"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 three-story, wood-frame Queen Anne style house at 109 Albany Avenue in Kingston, Ulster County, New York, built about 1885, with a contributing carriage house now used as a garage.","why_significant":"The house is argued to be a highly intact, representative local example of Queen Anne residential architecture, with original exterior and interior features. It is also associated with George J. Smith (1859-1913), a cigar manufacturer and congressman who owned it by 1892.","narrative":"Built around 1885 on a deep lot at 109 Albany Avenue in Kingston, this three-story frame house is a well-preserved example of Queen Anne architecture. It has steeply pitched gable roofs, projecting bays, recessed porches, patterned shingles and spindle work, with a mix of cedar clapboard and wood shingle siding. Inside, a central hall holds a carved stair, and two parlors with classically inspired mantels are joined by a broad archway. Original finishes survive throughout, and the second floor has been converted to an apartment. A contemporary carriage house at the rear serves as a garage. Records show the house standing by 1887, and the 1892 city directory names George J. Smith (1859-1913) as owner. He brought the Powell Cigar Company to Kingston, built a large cigar factory employing up to 1800 workers, and served in Congress from 1903 to 1905. The house is valued as a distinctive local landmark of the neighborhood's late nineteenth-century development.","period_of_significance":"c.1885","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late Victorian/Queen Anne","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Historic single dwelling; now used as a school, with the second floor converted to an apartment. Interior finishes and original layout largely survive.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:53.89095-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/02001316.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02001316/6f9c57f046-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02001316/6f9c57f046-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Daniel Case","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:George_J_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:George_J_Smith_House,_Kingston,_NY.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75315220","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_J._Smith_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5541020"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/ulster-county/smith-george-j-house-02001316/"}