{"nrhp_refnum":"10000726","name":"Sternberg, Abraham, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"150 Rte 30A","address_restricted":false,"city":"Schoharie","county":"Schoharie County","state":"NY","lat":42.70289966800007,"lon":-74.3037227747934,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2010-09-08","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Exploration/Settlement"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick Georgian/Federal-style farmhouse at 150 Route 30A in Schoharie, Schoharie County, New York, built about 1790 on land held by the Sternberg family since the 1740s, with three contributing outbuildings.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is an intact example of Dutch and English vernacular building practices in the Schoharie Valley during the late eighteenth century, combining Dutch bond brickwork with Georgian/Federal features. It is also important for its link to the early settlement of the valley by the Sternberg family, whose forebear Lambert was among the earliest European settlers in the area.","narrative":"Built around 1790 on a rise above Schoharie Creek, this two-story brick farmhouse in Schoharie, New York, sits on land the Sternberg family had held since the 1740s. The house is five bays wide and two deep, with Dutch cross bond brickwork, a limestone foundation, a side-gabled metal roof and a central entrance with transom and sidelights beneath a later Doric porch. Inside, a four-room plan with a center stair survives, along with Federal mantels, paneled wainscoting, hand-hewn beams and two eighteenth-century cellar fireplaces. Three outbuildings also contribute: a shed ell, a c1935 chicken coop and a former barn converted to a garage. The property is recognized for its architecture, which blends Dutch and English vernacular traditions typical of larger New York farmhouses after about 1790, and for its connection to early settlement of the Schoharie Valley by Lambert Sternberg and his descendants. It remains a single-family residence.","period_of_significance":"c1790-c1935","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Colonial: Georgian","criteria":[],"status_note":"Still used as a single dwelling; the interior retains high integrity, with some historic alterations and a non-historic rear porch.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:48.411641-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/10000726.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000726/c1c4b31772-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000726/c1c4b31772-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Delphinium1","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Abraham_Sternberg_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Delphinium1</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:Abraham_Sternberg_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75321776","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Sternberg_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4669193"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/schoharie-county/sternberg-abraham-house-10000726/"}