{"nrhp_refnum":"03000602","name":"Childs, Walstein, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Sand Hill Rd., Wallkill Correctional Facility","address_restricted":false,"city":"Wallkill","county":"Ulster County","state":"NY","lat":41.64300197250006,"lon":-74.16892683520933,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2003-07-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-and-one-half-story, five-bay stone dwelling built circa 1763 on the grounds of the Wallkill Correctional Facility, off Sand Hill Road in the Town of Shawangunk, Ulster County, New York.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a relatively intact, representative example of mid-eighteenth century stone architecture in Shawangunk. It blends local Dutch vernacular building traditions with the growing influence of English Georgian design, seen in its symmetrical five-bay, center-entrance form. It retains most of its eighteenth century fabric despite nineteenth and early twentieth century changes.","narrative":"Set on a farm parcel within the grounds of the Wallkill Correctional Facility in Shawangunk, Ulster County, this modest stone house was built around 1763, the year carved into a stone beside its front door. It is one and one-half stories tall and five bays wide, with a center entrance and rubble stone walls. The design combines the long-standing Dutch-influenced stone building tradition of the Hudson Valley with the balanced symmetry of English Georgian architecture. Unlike many local houses that grew from one room outward, it appears to have been built in a single campaign. Later changes include a lost kitchen wing, rebuilt north gable stonework, replaced windows, dormers and a partitioned attic. Walstein Childs, a farmer and town supervisor, lived here for over forty years after 1876. The house was listed for its architecture, as a largely intact example of mid-eighteenth century Ulster County stone construction. It is now vacant with boarded windows.","period_of_significance":"c. 1763-c. 1920","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Colonial","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Current function is listed as vacant; all windows are boarded up with plywood. The house sits on a farm parcel with nine non-contributing buildings and structures.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:54.048297-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/03000602.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75322566","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walstein_Childs_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7963874"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/ulster-county/childs-walstein-house-03000602/"}