{"nrhp_refnum":"08000276","name":"Rushmore Memorial Library","other_names":["Rushmore Memorial Building","Rushmore Memorial Public Library"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Weygant Hill Rd. & NY 32","address_restricted":false,"city":"Highland Mills","county":"Orange County","state":"NY","lat":41.35124678300008,"lon":-74.12501064899999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2008-04-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History","Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small one-story stone library building at Weygant Hill Road and New York Route 32 in Highland Mills, Town of Woodbury, Orange County, New York, built in 1923-24 with a locally built pudding stone exterior and a clay tile pyramidal roof.","why_significant":"It was the Town of Woodbury's first public library building and is a largely intact example of small-scale library design with an Arts & Crafts-inspired, rustic character. It was financed by Charles E. Rushmore, the attorney for whom Mount Rushmore was informally named, and built by local contractor Howard B. Gregory.","narrative":"Built in 1923-24 at the corner of Weygant Hill Road and Route 32 in Highland Mills, this small stone building served as the Town of Woodbury's first public library. Its walls are load-bearing pudding stone, a locally quarried conglomerate, laid in irregular courses and topped by a pyramidal roof of clay barrel tiles. Diamond-pane casement windows, a segmental-arched entrance hood and a large stone fireplace with mahogany shelving give it an Arts & Crafts-inspired, rustic character related to regional stone architecture. The project was funded by Charles E. Rushmore, a New York City attorney living in Orange County whose Black Hills work led to Mount Rushmore being named for him. His daughter pushed for the library after the town's book collection had been kept in a drugstore, a grocery and a telephone office. Local contractor Howard B. Gregory oversaw construction. The building remains largely unaltered, including original Rushmore family furniture, and it is valued for its architecture and its role in community life.","period_of_significance":"1923-1957","architect_builder":"Gregory, Howard B.; builder","architectural_style":"Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements: Arts & Crafts","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Historic and current function is a library, with a museum function also listed as current use; it survives largely as built, with a c. 1970 rear ramp and updated wiring and lighting.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:53.508672-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/08000276.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000276/4851927088-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000276/4851927088-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Daniel Case","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rushmore_Library,_Highland_Mills,_NY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniel Case</a>, <a href=\"http://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:Rushmore_Library,_Highland_Mills,_NY.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75320732","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rushmore_Memorial_Library","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q176602"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/orange-county/rushmore-memorial-library-08000276/"}