{"nrhp_refnum":"06000883","name":"St. Margaret's Home","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"7260 South Broadway","address_restricted":false,"city":"Red Hook","county":"Dutchess County","state":"NY","lat":41.981064067000034,"lon":-73.88207160699994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2006-09-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick Italian Villa-style building at 7260 South Broadway (US 9) in Red Hook, Dutchess County, New York, built in 1852-53 as a private orphanage for girls, also known as Mrs. Astor's Orphan Asylum.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is a distinctive example of mid-19th century domestic architecture in Dutchess County. It is also an early privately financed welfare institution in the county, operated by the Astor family and their Chanler descendants for 86 years. Its design closely matches a Downing 'Small Southern Country House' plan.","narrative":"Built in 1852-53 on the east side of US 9 just south of Red Hook village, St. Margaret's Home is a compact brick building in the Italian Villa style, with brownstone trim, a hipped roof with a center gable, and a porch of fluted cast-iron columns. It was founded by Margaret Rebecca Armstrong Astor, wife of William B. Astor, as a refuge for neglected girls, and it was later supported by the Chanler family. The builder was James Webb, while the architect remains unidentified; the design closely follows Andrew Jackson Downing's 'Small Southern Country House.' The home operated as a private charity for 86 years, an unusual rural institution at a time when similar children's homes were located in population centers. After it closed in the 1930s it served as a family residence and later as a transitional living center. It has stood vacant since 1991, and the barn behind it also survives. It is significant for its architecture and its place in local social history.","period_of_significance":"1851-1935","architect_builder":"Architect unknown; contract let to James Webb (builder) in 1852","architectural_style":"Mid-19th century: Italian Villa","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Vacant since 1991 and beginning to deteriorate from lack of maintenance; most of the surrounding land was recently developed with a supermarket.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:53.083213-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/06000883.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/06000883/7f3107925d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/06000883/7f3107925d-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"James Irons Davidson","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Margaret%27s_Home,_Red_Hook,_New_York_12571.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">James Irons Davidson</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:St._Margaret%27s_Home,_Red_Hook,_New_York_12571.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75317477","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Margaret%27s_Home","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7589866"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/dutchess-county/st-margarets-home-06000883/"}