{"nrhp_refnum":"10000364","name":"Rushmore Farm","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"8748 US 9W","address_restricted":false,"city":"Athens","county":"Greene County","state":"NY","lat":42.25337500550006,"lon":-73.85863731878416,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2010-06-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A ninety-five acre farm on US 9W in Athens, Greene County, New York, centered on a one-and-one-half-story stone farmhouse built in two stages between the late 1700s and early 1800s, with an early stone smokehouse.","why_significant":"The farmhouse is significant under Criterion C as a distinctive vernacular stone farmhouse in the town of Athens. Its framing and room layout reflect English building practices, likely tied to the builder's Long Island Quaker origins. The house also shows how a small farmhouse was enlarged and adapted over time for a growing family.","narrative":"Rushmore Farm is a ninety-five acre property in Athens, Greene County, bounded by US 9W and the railroad tracks along the Hudson River. Its main building is a one-and-one-half-story fieldstone farmhouse with a steep gable roof and interior end chimneys. The western half dates to the late eighteenth century and the eastern half was added before 1828. Greek Revival trim and a porch were added in the late 1830s or early 1840s. Jeremiah Rushmore, a descendant of English Quakers from Long Island, probably built the house. Its framing, small-room layout and jambed fireplace point to English building practices. The eastern section has a basement kitchen and a hall and best room plan. Rushmore's will assigned the use of rooms in the old and new sections to family members. The farm also holds an early stone smokehouse and the foundations of a barn and silo. Orchards operated here for over a century. The house is listed as a representative example of stone residential architecture in the county.","period_of_significance":"c1799-c1843","architect_builder":"Unknown (Jeremiah Rushmore is the probable builder)","architectural_style":"No style (vernacular stone farmhouse with Greek Revival trim)","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"The property is listed with a current function of single dwelling and smokehouse. The barn and silo burned in the 1960s, leaving only foundations.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:48.867149-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/10000364.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000364/066805f916-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000364/066805f916-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"RobertDrake2015","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rushmore_Farm_11-10-2016.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">RobertDrake2015</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rushmore_Farm_11-10-2016.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75318041","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rushmore_Farm","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7380862"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/greene-county/rushmore-farm-10000364/"}