{"nrhp_refnum":"03000023","name":"Onteora Park Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Onteora Club Property","address_restricted":false,"city":"Hunter","county":"Greene County","state":"NY","lat":42.21124668600007,"lon":-74.14483627982331,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2003-02-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History","Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A residential summer-colony historic district of more than 875 acres on Onteora Mountain in the Town of Hunter, Greene County, New York, laid out in the 1880s. It holds about 123 buildings and structures, a golf course, and extensive woodland and hiking trails.","why_significant":"The visible text covers only the description section, so the full statement of significance is not included. The district is notable for its well-preserved cottages, mostly in Shingle style, sited for panoramic mountain views, and for its old golf course and undeveloped land owned by the Onteora Club. Its cottages were designed by figures such as Dunham Wheeler, George Agnew Reid, Lewis A. Coffin and William Welles Bosworth, and the setting is tied to Catskill landscape painting.","narrative":"Onteora Park is a mountaintop summer colony of more than 875 acres on Onteora Mountain in Hunter, Greene County, about 2,500 feet above sea level. Residential development began in the 1880s and sits on a limited area of winding roads, while the rest remains woodland, hiking trails and a golf course regarded as one of the oldest in America. The district counts 111 contributing and 22 noncontributing resources, among them 94 buildings, with the noncontributing ones built after 1952. Cottages are mostly Shingle style, with log, fieldstone and stucco used, and nearly all are placed to face long mountain views. Early cottages were simple and small; larger, more elaborate designs followed from 1894, many by Dunham Wheeler, George Agnew Reid and Lewis A. Coffin. The setting also includes the site of Widow Parker's house, where painters Thomas Cole and Asher B. Durand stopped. Integrity of both buildings and landscape is described as outstanding, and the Onteora Club reviews alterations.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Edward Payne (local builder); Dunham Wheeler; George Agnew Reid; Lewis A. Coffin (Polhemus and Coffin); William Welles Bosworth","architectural_style":"Predominantly Shingle style, with Bungalow, Italianate, Queen Anne and Stick style examples","criteria":[],"status_note":"Largely intact and in use as a residential community; the Onteora Club owns and maintains the undeveloped land, the golf course and ten buildings. Many lots once held cottages lost to fire or demolition.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:54.132391-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/03000023.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75318017","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onteora_Park_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7095016"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/greene-county/onteora-park-historic-district-03000023/"}