{"nrhp_refnum":"09000970","name":"Spring House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"54 River Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Barryville","county":"Sullivan County","state":"NY","lat":41.480078959000025,"lon":-74.91899155399994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2009-12-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Entertainment/Recreation"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A late Victorian inn on the Delaware River at 54 River Road in Barryville, Sullivan County, New York, built about 1880 as a residence and soon enlarged into a boarding house and hotel. The nomination also counts a small outbuilding to the rear.","why_significant":"The nomination argues significance under Criteria A and C. It is tied to the recreational and tourist history of the Upper Delaware Valley, and it is a distinctive, intact example of a late nineteenth century vernacular riverside inn typical of the region. It has operated as an inn for more than a century.","narrative":"Spring House is a long, narrow, two-story wood-frame inn on a bluff above the Delaware River in Barryville, New York. Built around 1880 as a family residence, it was enlarged almost immediately with side wings to serve as a boarding house and hotel. Later changes included a pedimented center bay with stickwork and fishscale shingles, plus a full-width riverside porch that was altered several times and has recently been restored. A small outbuilding from about 1900, probably once a boat shed, stands to the northwest. The inn was listed for its link to the region's tourism, which grew after the Civil War as the Erie Railroad brought visitors from New York City to the scenic valley. It also represents a common type of vernacular riverside inn, with a gable roof, regular windows, a porch facing the water and a tendency to grow by additions. The building has operated as an inn for over a century and keeps its original form, materials and setting.","period_of_significance":"c1880-c1940","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late Victorian","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Recently restored and modernized; still operating as an inn, its original function.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:48.09203-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/09000970.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/09000970/67ea9569b8-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/09000970/67ea9569b8-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Bkswrites","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Spring_House,_Overlooking_the_Delaware_River_from_Barryville_NY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Bkswrites</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:The_Spring_House,_Overlooking_the_Delaware_River_from_Barryville_NY.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75322415","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_House_(Barryville,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7580603"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/sullivan-county/spring-house-09000970/"}