{"nrhp_refnum":"08000098","name":"McComb, Peter and Karen, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"27 Hornbeck Ridge","address_restricted":false,"city":"Poughkeepsie","county":"Dutchess County","state":"NY","lat":41.66927646000005,"lon":-73.88784266799996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2009-08-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A single-family modernist house on Hornbeck Ridge in the town of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York, built in 1950-51 to a design by architect Marcel Breuer. The nominated property includes the house and a small shed built in the late 1950s.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the house as a work of internationally known architect Marcel Breuer and an example of his residential designs, with its butterfly roof and separate wings for family, children and service functions. It argues the house keeps a high degree of integrity in setting, plan and materials despite several compatible additions.","narrative":"Set at the edge of a steep, wooded ridge east of Poughkeepsie, this house was built in 1950-51 and designed by the internationally known architect Marcel Breuer. It began as a small T-shaped building with a living, kitchen and dining wing to the south, a children's wing to the north, and a lower service wing to the east. Its roofs over the north and south wings slope upward from the entrance hall in Breuer's characteristic butterfly form. The walls are cypress paneling stained walnut, the west side is almost entirely glass, and the windows are trimmed with panels in a shade known as Breuer Blue. The house was extended in 1962, 1986 and 1994 in matching materials and style, and the original room divisions and many interior details survive, including slate floors and a brick fireplace with a round metal chimney. A winding entrance drive sited by Breuer and the wooded setting remain largely unchanged. The house is valued as an intact example of his domestic work.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Marcel Breuer (architect)","architectural_style":"Modern Movement","criteria":[],"status_note":"Still used as a single dwelling. Additions were made in 1962, 1986 and 1994, and the house is described as retaining a high degree of integrity.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:48.617931-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/08000098.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75317406","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_and_Karen_McComb_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23091928"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/dutchess-county/mccomb-peter-and-karen-house-08000098/"}