{"nrhp_refnum":"04000289","name":"Willis, Alexander, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"NY 143","address_restricted":false,"city":"Coeymans","county":"Albany County","state":"NY","lat":42.474629150000055,"lon":-73.79632883399995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2004-04-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story frame house built about 1852 on the north side of Church Street (NY 143) in the hamlet of Coeymans Landing, Coeymans, Albany County, New York, built for local businessman Alexander E. Willis.","why_significant":"The house is argued to be architecturally significant as a distinctive example of a transitional Greek Revival/Carpenter Gothic residence. It combines formal classical elements with Picturesque Movement ornament. It retains a high degree of integrity and is described as a rare local example of a Carpenter Gothic cottage.","narrative":"Built around 1852 on Church Street in the Hudson River hamlet of Coeymans Landing, this two-story frame house combines Greek Revival and Carpenter Gothic design. It has clapboard siding, a rubblestone foundation, steeply pitched metal-shingled gabled roofs, bracketed eaves, and paired diamond-shaped chimney flues. The south facade is dominated by three wall dormers with scroll-sawn vergeboards and pointed casement windows. Inside, a central stair hall is flanked by two parlors, one with monumental Greek Revival trim. Alexander E. Willis, a freight, flour and feed mill businessman who became one of the town's wealthiest residents, had the house built, and he married into the locally prominent Blaisdell family. Local tradition says his wife declined to live in the old Coeymans stone house he had acquired, prompting construction of this home. The house is considered significant as a well-preserved and uncommon local example of a Carpenter Gothic cottage, with the porch recreated from historic images.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1852","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Transitional Greek Revival/Gothic Revival (Carpenter Gothic)","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Currently used as a single dwelling; the porch has been recreated from historic images and the original parlor mantel is being restored.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:53.205996-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/04000289.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"100001767","name":"Coeymans Landing Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/coeymans-landing-historic-district-100001767/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75316387","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Willis_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4720389"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/albany-county/willis-alexander-house-04000289/"}