{"nrhp_refnum":"66000510","name":"Martin Van Buren National Historic Site","other_names":["Lindenwald"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"E of Kinderhook on NY 9H","address_restricted":false,"city":"Kinderhook","county":"Columbia County","state":"NY","lat":42.36997087650005,"lon":-73.70369938413269,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1966-10-15","is_nhl":true,"nhl_designated_date":"1961-07-04","areas_of_significance":["Military","Politics/Government"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Lindenwald, a Federal-style brick mansion built in 1797 near Kinderhook, Columbia County, New York, with an 1849 Italianate addition, plus gatehouse and farm archeological remains on a 12.8-acre site.","why_significant":"It was the estate of Martin Van Buren, eighth president, who lived there from 1839 until his death in 1862 and ran a farm on the 225-acre estate. It is architecturally notable for the mid-nineteenth century modifications by architect Richard Upjohn and for early plumbing and central heating. Archeological remains are expected to yield information about Van Buren's farming operations and way of life.","narrative":"Lindenwald is a brick mansion two miles outside Kinderhook, New York, in a rural agricultural setting. Peter Van Ness built the two-and-one-half story Federal house in 1797 with a Palladian stair window and fanlighted entrance. Martin Van Buren bought it in 1839 and lived there until his death in 1862, farming the estate, which reached nearly 225 acres, and experimenting with new vegetable varieties. In 1849 his son hired architect Richard Upjohn to add a rear wing, a library ell and an Italianate tower, bracketed cornices and a porch, which gave the symmetrical house a picturesque character. Surviving features include French wallpaper from 1841, a kitchen stove, an early zinc bathtub and an 1848 furnace, among the first central heating systems in the Hudson Valley. The site also holds a Gothic-style gatehouse, the foundation of a second gatehouse and the farm office site. Archeological deposits may reveal further details of Van Buren's farm and household.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Richard Upjohn","architectural_style":"Federal with Italianate additions; carpenter Gothic (South Gatehouse)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition listed as fair; the mansion, secondary buildings and grounds are being stabilized. The South Gatehouse is used as a residence under a special use permit.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:40.056536-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/66000510_NHL.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/66000510/bb653218f7-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/66000510/bb653218f7-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Martin Van Buren National Historic Site, attribution","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Martin_Van_Buren_National_Historic_Site_entrance.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Martin Van Buren National Historic Site, attribution</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Martin_Van_Buren_National_Historic_Site_entrance.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75315677","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Van_Buren_National_Historic_Site","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6776802"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/columbia-county/martin-van-buren-national-historic-site-66000510/"}