{"nrhp_refnum":"12000961","name":"Shady Brook Farm","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"351 Old Post Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Marlboro","county":"Ulster County","state":"NY","lat":41.59545476100004,"lon":-73.97225238199997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2012-11-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Entertainment/Recreation"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Shady Brook Farm is a 9.3-acre property at 351 Old Post Road in Marlboro, Ulster County, New York. Its main feature is a frame dwelling built about 1850 and enlarged about 1917, with a carriage barn and two cottages.","why_significant":"The nomination argues local significance under Criterion A for entertainment/recreation, because the house was expanded to operate as a summer boarding house, an industry important to the region. It also claims significance under Criterion C for architecture: a largely intact Greek Revival front block with a Colonial Revival addition. The property is also tied to horticulturist Andrew J. Caywood and to the artist Alfred Maurer, who stayed there as a guest.","narrative":"Shady Brook Farm is a hillside property of 9.3 acres on Old Post Road near Marlboro, in Ulster County, New York. Its centerpiece is a wood-frame house begun around 1850, probably for farmer Andrew Oddy. The original front block follows a Greek Revival pattern, with a center hall, clapboard walls, six-over-six windows and Gothic Revival mantels. Around 1917 a large rear addition, attributed to architect Ali Pembroke and styled in Colonial Revival terms, swallowed an earlier kitchen wing so the house could take summer boarders. Boarding houses were an important seasonal industry in the region. Guests included the modernist painter Alfred Maurer. Earlier, the grounds were part of a fruit and grape nursery run by horticulturist Andrew J. Caywood. A carriage barn and a South Cottage from about 1890 also contribute to the property. A relocated mill worker's house, the North Cottage, does not. The period of significance runs from about 1850 to about 1954, when the boarding house closed.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1850-ca. 1954","architect_builder":"Pembroke, Ali; architect, ca. 1917 addition","architectural_style":"Mid-19th Century: Greek Revival; Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Colonial Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Current use is listed as single dwelling. The North Cottage is noncontributing because of recent interior alterations.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:48.28141-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/12000961.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/12000961/a202a10d38-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/12000961/a202a10d38-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MarlboroNY_ShadyBrookFarm.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Magicpiano</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:MarlboroNY_ShadyBrookFarm.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75322729","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shady_Brook_Farm_(Marlboro,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23073321"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/ulster-county/shady-brook-farm-12000961/"}