{"nrhp_refnum":"10000556","name":"Galli-Curci, Amelita, Estate","other_names":["Sul Monte"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"352 and 374 Galli Curci Rd","address_restricted":false,"city":"Fleischmanns","county":"Delaware County","state":"NY","lat":42.144885800000054,"lon":-74.52855342186727,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2010-08-19","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Performing Arts"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 137-acre country estate on the south side of Belleayre Mountain near Fleischmanns, spanning Delaware and Ulster Counties, New York. The main house was built in 1922 as the permanent home of opera soprano Amelita Galli-Curci, with a farm complex and landscape features.","why_significant":"The estate is tied to Amelita Galli-Curci, a leading coloratura soprano and one of the first major female recording stars, who made it her permanent home from 1922 until her retirement. The house is also an example of early twentieth-century revival design, with finishes meant to look hand made. The form notes the estate was covered in many contemporary articles about her life and career.","narrative":"High on the south slope of Belleayre Mountain, this 137-acre estate near Fleischmanns was built in 1922 as the permanent home of opera star Amelita Galli-Curci. The rambling two-story house has several wings around a central courtyard. It is built of wood frame clad in stone quarried on the property, with stucco and half-timbering, steep cedar-shingled roofs and four tall stone chimneys. Inside, a double-height studio, carved lintels carrying her initials, and deliberately roughened plaster and timber give a hand-made look. The grounds include a swimming pool, stone gateposts topped with eagles, a carriage house, sheds and a farm complex with a caretaker's cottage and dairy barn. The estate matters because of its link to Galli-Curci, a soprano who became an American citizen, sang at the Metropolitan and Chicago operas, and was among the first female recording stars. Her Catskills home remained her permanent residence until her retirement.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late 19th and early 20th century revivals","criteria":[],"status_note":"Still in use as a single residence with secondary agricultural outbuildings; the wood shingle roof was recently replaced in kind, and one outbuilding of the farm complex has collapsed.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:48.840155-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/10000556.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75317219","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amelita_Galli-Curci_Estate","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4742339"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/delaware-county/galli-curci-amelita-estate-10000556/"}