{"nrhp_refnum":"10000799","name":"Miner, Alice T., Colonial Collection","other_names":["Alice T. Miner Museum","The Alice"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"9618 State Road Route 9","address_restricted":false,"city":"Chazy","county":"Clinton County","state":"NY","lat":44.888297788000045,"lon":-73.43499985999995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2010-09-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Education","Entertainment/Recreation"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story Colonial Revival stone museum building at 9618 NY 9 in Chazy, Clinton County, New York, designed 1923-1926 by Chicago architect Frederick B. Townsend, with a 1916 Spanish/California Mission style switch house, a stone wall, wrought iron fence and gate on a 1.3-acre parcel.","why_significant":"The museum was built by William and Alice Miner to house Alice's collection of artifacts tied to early American manufacturers and crafts, and it replicates an earlier 1810-24 stone building on the site, reusing its stone. The property also reflects the Miners' philanthropy in Chazy and William Miner's career as an inventor and industrialist. The switch house was part of the hydropower system Miner designed for the village.","narrative":"Built between 1923 and 1926 in the village of Chazy, this three-story stone museum was designed by Chicago architect Frederick B. Townsend for William and Alice Miner. It houses Alice Miner's collection of artifacts associated with early American manufacturers and crafts. The building replicates an earlier stone structure on the site, built in 1810 and enlarged in 1824, whose stones were reused in the new front block. It was designed to be fireproof and low-maintenance, with load-bearing masonry walls, steel and concrete floors, and a copper roof. Salvaged doors and rare Redford crown glass sidelights add period detail. The interior follows the plan of a period house, with a parlor, dining room and service areas. A 1916 switch house, also by Townsend, belonged to the hydropower system William Miner designed for the village. The property is significant for its architecture, its collection and the Miners' civic generosity in Chazy.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Frederick B. Townsend (architect); stonecutters Joe Madrazo and Joe Robare","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival (museum); Spanish Colonial Revival (switch house)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Museum function is listed for historic and current use; the switch house is listed as not in use, and its transformer equipment was removed after a late 1960s fire. The contributing resources are described as remarkably intact.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:48.630017-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/10000799.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000799/3cf5cfa17d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000799/3cf5cfa17d-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Mfwills","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alice_T._Miner_Museum.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Mfwills</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:Alice_T._Miner_Museum.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75316937","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_T._Miner_Museum","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4726117"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/clinton-county/miner-alice-t-colonial-collection-10000799/"}