{"nrhp_refnum":"10000014","name":"Cumming-Parker House","other_names":["Elmore","The Library"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"50 Appletree Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Esopus","county":"Ulster County","state":"NY","lat":41.83288123300008,"lon":-73.95626238399996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2010-02-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story wood-frame house on a bluff above the west bank of the Hudson River at 50 Appletree Road, Esopus, Ulster County, New York. Thomas Cumming built it about 1836, and Ransom Parker, Jr. enlarged it around 1880 with a west addition and a wraparound gallery.","why_significant":"The nomination cites architecture as the area of significance. The house combines a Greek Revival core from about 1836 with a Victorian Italianate expansion of about 1880 that gave it the look of an Italian villa. The property also keeps related river-front features, including a summer house, an ice house site and a boathouse.","narrative":"Overlooking the Hudson River from a bluff in Esopus, this wood-frame house was built about 1836 by Thomas Cumming as a fair-weather residence. The original block was two stories on a tall stone basement, with a low hipped roof, brick end chimneys and a rooftop lantern. Around 1875 to 1880, Ransom Parker, Jr., a New York City ice merchant, added a two-story section on the west side for his large family. He also wrapped the house in a wide gallery with turned posts and scroll-sawn brackets, giving it the look of an Italian villa. The nominated 5.9-acre lot has the main house plus a garage, an octagonal summer house from the 1880s, the site of Parker's commercial ice house, a boathouse on pilings and a privy. A 1950s swimming pool, a 1970s pavilion and a rebuilt dock are noncontributing. The house is significant for architecture, reflecting two building phases between about 1836 and 1880.","period_of_significance":"c. 1836 - c. 1880","architect_builder":"Unknown (the form names Thomas Cumming as the builder of the original house)","architectural_style":"Mid-19th Century, Greek Revival; Late Victorian, Italianate","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still used as a single dwelling; the form records recent restoration work, including new blinds in 2009 and a reconstructed gallery balustrade in 2003.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:48.494316-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/10000014.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75322590","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumming-Parker_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5194102"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/ulster-county/cumming-parker-house-10000014/"}