{"nrhp_refnum":"04001480","name":"Stevens, H.R., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"234 Congers Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New City","county":"Rockland County","state":"NY","lat":41.15076592100007,"lon":-73.97283657499997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2005-01-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one and one-half story red sandstone house with a small attached frame wing at 234 Congers Road, New City, Rockland County, New York. The oldest section dates to about 1775, with expansions around 1820, 1860 and 1900.","why_significant":"The house is significant as a relatively intact example of vernacular domestic architecture in the New City area. Its sandstone walls reflect the regional Dutch building tradition, while the original side-passage, two-room-deep plan reflects English practice. It shows the late phase of masonry construction that prevailed in the lower Hudson Valley for about 150 years.","narrative":"Set on an elevated stone-walled platform on Congers Road in New City, this one and one-half story house is built of local red sandstone with a small frame wing on one side. Its oldest part, a three-bay unit dated to about 1775, was extended two bays around 1820 to create a five-bay, center-passage house. Later work around 1860 added an Italianate stair, and a steep center gable, flanking dormers and a porch followed in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Inside, Federal-style mantels from about 1820 survive in the two original rooms. The house matters for how it blends traditions: sandstone construction ties it to the region's Dutch settlers, yet the side-passage, two-room-deep plan and end-wall fireplaces point to English practice. No deed information earlier than 1827 has been found, so its builder and original owner remain unknown. It is regarded as a locally recognized example of Dutch vernacular building, with its layers of change still readable.","period_of_significance":"c. 1775- c. 1900","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"COLONIAL: Dutch; EARLY REPUBLIC: Federal","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still used as a single dwelling, with a non-historic stone and frame garage on the property.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:53.703805-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/04001480.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04001480/6166286499-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04001480/6166286499-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Daniel Case","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HR_Stevens_House,_New_City,_NY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniel Case</a>, <a href=\"https://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:HR_Stevens_House,_New_City,_NY.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75321514","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._R._Stevens_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5628504"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/rockland-county/stevens-h-r-house-04001480/"}