{"nrhp_refnum":"09000635","name":"von Steuben, Baron, Memorial Site","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Starr Hill Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Remsen","county":"Oneida County","state":"NY","lat":43.34081471800005,"lon":-75.22907598449297,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2009-08-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A memorial site on Starr Hill Road in Remsen, Oneida County, New York, centered on Baron von Steuben's granite and limestone tomb (completed 1872), a 1937 reconstructed log cabin, a memorial boulder with a bronze plaque (1934), historic markers and a five-acre wooded 'Sacred Grove'.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the site is significant under Criterion A for its long association with the ethnic and social history of New York's German-American population. Over more than 150 years it served as a place where German-Americans honored Steuben and demonstrated their patriotism, especially during the 1870s and the 1920s to 1940s. This cultural role, rather than its commemorative or burial nature, is the basis for significance.","narrative":"Baron von Steuben Memorial Site in Remsen, Oneida County, marks the burial place of Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, the Prussian officer who trained Continental Army troops at Valley Forge. The site centers on a granite and limestone tomb, completed in 1872 and surrounded by an iron fence, Civil War era Parrott guns and stacked cannonballs. Nearby are a 1937 reconstructed log cabin, a boulder bearing a 1934 bronze plaque, eight 1930s state historic markers and rows of Norway spruces planted in 1932. The tomb sits within a five-acre wooded Sacred Grove that must remain forested under the terms of its deed. The property was listed for its role in German-American social history. German-Americans gathered here in the 1870s and again in the interwar years, when Steuben's unquestioned patriotism let them affirm loyalty after the suspicion of World War I. They worked with New York State to acquire the land, develop the park and build the cabin, and the site remained a place where being German was acceptable.","period_of_significance":"1804-1945","architect_builder":"Henry Reck (sculptor- monument); Fred Bosworth (builder- cabin)","architectural_style":"No style","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Current functions are listed as recreation and culture (monument, museum); the site includes a non-contributing parking lot and maintenance/restroom building.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:48.211255-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/09000635.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/09000635/1da4f120d6-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/09000635/1da4f120d6-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Doug Kerr from Upstate New York","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Baron_von_Steuben_Monumental_Tomb_Jul_10.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Doug Kerr from Upstate New York</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Baron_von_Steuben_Monumental_Tomb_Jul_10.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75320275","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steuben_Memorial_State_Historic_Site","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7611688"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/oneida-county/von-steuben-baron-memorial-site-09000635/"}