{"nrhp_refnum":"03001512","name":"DuBois, Peter C., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"36 Slocum Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Beacon","county":"Dutchess County","state":"NY","lat":41.48369054800003,"lon":-73.97306005899998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2004-01-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-a-half-story brick Greek Revival farmhouse at 36 Slocum Road in Beacon (historically part of Fishkill), Dutchess County, New York, built around 1840 for Peter C. DuBois and enlarged in 1927.","why_significant":"The house represents the wealth of a prosperous Hudson Valley farmer whose land supported the local brick industry, and it shows Greek Revival design using local brick and granite. Its 1927 enlargement for the Craig House sanitarium reflects Colonial Revival taste and the later use of the property for patient housing.","narrative":"Built around 1840 for farmer Peter C. DuBois, this brick house at 36 Slocum Road in Beacon, New York, is a Greek Revival residence on a four-acre remnant of a farm that once exceeded 280 acres. Its load-bearing brick walls rest on a rubble stone foundation faced with local granite, and the granite also forms the lintels, sills and a trabeated central entrance. DuBois built it as brickmaking boomed along the Hudson, and its 1850 assessment was far higher than a brother's neighboring property. In 1927 Dr. Clarence J. Slocum bought the property, raised the roof to add a partial third story, added a second story to the kitchen ell, and adapted the building as patient housing for his Craig House sanitarium. The additions matched the original brick and followed Colonial Revival taste. Inside, original six-panel doors, marble mantels, and a curving cherry staircase survive. The house is still a single dwelling, with some deterioration at the rear ell.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Mid-19th Century, Greek Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Still used as a single dwelling. The text notes deterioration at the rear kitchen ell, including a rotted eave and foundation settling.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:53.812767-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/03001512.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03001512/ed746abf2d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03001512/ed746abf2d-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Daniel Case","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Peter_DuBois_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniel Case</a>, <a href=\"http://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:Peter_DuBois_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75317343","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_C._DuBois_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7173125"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/dutchess-county/dubois-peter-c-house-03001512/"}