{"nrhp_refnum":"09000906","name":"Lynch, James, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"33 Ferry Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Nutten Hook","county":"Columbia County","state":"NY","lat":42.35629755600007,"lon":-73.78556145999994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2009-11-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Commerce"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story light-frame dwelling at 33 Ferry Road in the hamlet of Nutten Hook, Town of Stuyvesant, Columbia County, New York, built c. 1900 for James Lynch on a brick foundation.","why_significant":"The house is tied to the history of Nutten Hook, a Hudson River hamlet that grew around ice harvesting and brick making, and it served as both home and store, later as the post office. It is a modest but largely intact example of Late Victorian design. It also complements the adjacent Lynch Hotel, which is separately listed.","narrative":"Built around 1900 for James Lynch, an Irish-born hotel keeper, this two-story frame house sits on Ferry Road in Nutten Hook, a small Hudson River hamlet in Columbia County. It rests on a locally made brick foundation and has clapboard siding, a cross-gabled roof, and porches with turned posts and scroll-sawn brackets. Two entrances on the front reflect its mixed use as a home and store. From about 1948 to 1955 it served as the hamlet's post office. Inside, the original plan and many finishes survive, including dark-stained woodwork, bead-board, Lincrusta wainscot and a Colonial Revival mantel. The house stands next to the Lynch Hotel, which housed workers in the ice-harvesting and brick-making industries that sustained Nutten Hook until the Depression era. Together the buildings record how the hamlet served its laborers. The property is recognized for its commercial history and as an intact, understated example of Late Victorian architecture. A carpenter named Jake Henderson is thought to have built it.","period_of_significance":"c. 1900-1955","architect_builder":"Henderson, Jake: carpenter/builder","architectural_style":"Late Victorian","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Current functions listed as a single dwelling and a store; the house retains its original plan and most original finishes.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:48.563281-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/09000906.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75317037","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Lynch_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6138328"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/columbia-county/lynch-james-house-09000906/"}