{"nrhp_refnum":"09000553","name":"Matton Shipyard","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Delaware Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cohoes","county":"Albany County","state":"NY","lat":42.78098597300004,"lon":-73.68007961299998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2009-07-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Maritime History","Transportation","Industry"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A shipyard district on Delaware Avenue near the northern tip of Van Schaick Island in Cohoes, Albany County, New York, established by John E. Matton around 1916 and operated as a shipbuilding, repair and towboat facility for the New York State Barge Canal.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the site is significant for its role in commerce, maritime history, transportation and manufacturing connected to the Barge Canal. It retains buildings and features from the original 1916 yard and from its World War II expansion, with almost no later infill. It is recognized as significant at the statewide level.","narrative":"Matton Shipyard occupies about four acres near the northern tip of Van Schaick Island in Cohoes, close to where the Hudson and Mohawk Rivers meet. John E. Matton bought the land in June 1916 to take advantage of the new Barge Canal, and the yard built and repaired canal boats and tugs. It began with seven buildings, a dock, a track-mounted crane and a floating dry dock. During World War I it held a contract for fourteen wooden barges. It grew in the 1930s, built its first all-steel boat in 1938, and expanded again in World War II, when a security fence was added. Eight buildings survive, including the office and the carpenter shop with its monitor roof and clerestory windows, along with launching ramps, a dock and mooring camels. Its significance rests on commerce, maritime history, transportation and manufacturing between 1916 and 1959.","period_of_significance":"1916-1959","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Other: Industrial","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Eight buildings, several contributing features and archaeological resources survive; several other buildings are lost or in ruins, including a warehouse and molding loft that collapsed in 1993.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:48.165612-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/09000553.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/09000553/77cf1bd07b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/09000553/77cf1bd07b-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Tsf01","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Matton_Shipyard_01.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Tsf01</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:Matton_Shipyard_01.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"73001265","name":"Peebles (Peobles) Island","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/peebles-peobles-island-73001265/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75316271","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matton_Shipyard","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6791856"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/albany-county/matton-shipyard-09000553/"}