{"nrhp_refnum":"04000998","name":"Jones, George Westinghouse, House","other_names":["Caermarthen"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1944 Union St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Niskayuna","county":"Schenectady County","state":"NY","lat":42.79430267500004,"lon":-73.88590641299999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2004-09-15","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 2 1/2-story wood-frame residence known as \"Caermarthen\" at 1944 Union Street (NY 7) in Niskayuna, Schenectady County, New York, built ca. 1900 for George Westinghouse Jones and designed by the Pittsburgh firm Rutan & Russell.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a distinguished and substantially intact example of transitional Shingle Style/Arts and Crafts residential design in Niskayuna. It reflects the influence of H.H. Richardson through its rusticated stone foundation and open plan. It is also tied to the early growth of a streetcar suburb of Schenectady.","narrative":"Built around 1900 on a wooded knoll in Niskayuna, this 26-room shingled house known as \"Caermarthen\" was designed by the Pittsburgh firm Rutan & Russell for George Westinghouse Jones, a cousin of industrialist George Westinghouse and the Westinghouse business administrator in Schenectady. The house combines Shingle Style and Arts and Crafts features: a rusticated quarry-stone foundation, wood shingle walls, a wraparound veranda, patterned gables, banded and diamond-pane windows, and an informal open plan with oak wainscoting, inglenooks and tiled fireplaces. Many original systems survive, including a call system for servants, speaking tubes and a steam boiler dating to 1904. Jones bought more than 100 acres as Schenectady's streetcar lines expanded, then subdivided the land from 1909. His widow kept the house until 1942, and a church acquired it in 1955. It was listed as a well-preserved, early and rare regional example of its type and period.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1900-1942","architect_builder":"Rutan & Russell","architectural_style":"Early 20th Century/Arts & Crafts, Shingle Style","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Owned by the First Baptist Church of Schenectady since 1955 and in use as the congregation's parish house; described as retaining substantial integrity.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:53.498278-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/04000998.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75321683","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Westinghouse_Jones_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5546183"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/schenectady-county/jones-george-westinghouse-house-04000998/"}