{"nrhp_refnum":"05001380","name":"Bellinger-Dutton House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"158 River St. (NY 30)","address_restricted":false,"city":"Middleburgh","county":"Schoharie County","state":"NY","lat":42.60414885700004,"lon":-74.33639128099998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2005-12-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Greek Revival temple-front residence built circa 1846 at 158 River Street (NY Route 30) in the village of Middleburgh, Schoharie County, New York, on a 4.5-acre parcel with a carriage barn, garden house and smokehouse.","why_significant":"The house is argued to be an outstanding, highly intact example of mid-nineteenth century Greek Revival residential architecture in Schoharie County. It is a finely crafted vernacular adaptation of high-style trends, with a monumental portico and rich carved detail. It was built for merchant John Bellinger and was illustrated in Talbot Hamlin's 1944 study Greek Revival Architecture in America.","narrative":"Set on a 4.5-acre parcel along River Street in Middleburgh, this two-story timber-framed house was built around 1846 for John Bellinger, a prosperous local merchant who had moved to the village in 1838. Its west front is dominated by a raised portico with four fluted Doric columns, a molded entablature and a pediment, giving the house the look of a Greek temple. Inside, a center-hall plan holds paired parlors, plank floors, carved acanthus-leaf trim and a basement kitchen with its original brick hearth. Three historic outbuildings survive behind the house: a carriage barn, a garden house and a brick smokehouse. The property was listed for its architecture. It is described as a finely crafted rural adaptation of urban Greek Revival fashion, and Talbot Hamlin chose it for illustration in his 1944 book. Only two families, the Bellingers and later the Duttons, owned it for most of its history, so few changes were made over time.","period_of_significance":"circa 1846","architect_builder":"unknown","architectural_style":"Mid-19th Century: Greek Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Currently in use as a single-family dwelling; the rear wing has been modernized with a kitchen, bathrooms, office and screened porch.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:54.059922-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/05001380.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05001380/8fc991a00c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05001380/8fc991a00c-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Lvklock","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bellinger-Dutton_House,_Middleburgh.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Lvklock</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:Bellinger-Dutton_House,_Middleburgh.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75321719","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellinger%E2%80%93Dutton_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4884016"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/schoharie-county/bellinger-dutton-house-05001380/"}