{"nrhp_refnum":"66000522","name":"Cole, Thomas, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"218 Spring St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Catskill","county":"Greene County","state":"NY","lat":42.22550103700004,"lon":-73.8610894684345,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1966-10-15","is_nhl":true,"nhl_designated_date":"1965-06-23","areas_of_significance":["Art"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story white-painted brick house on a hill above the west bank of the Hudson River at 218 Spring Street, Catskill, New York, built between 1812 and 1814 by the uncle of Thomas Cole's wife, with a surviving studio building nearby.","why_significant":"The house was the home of Thomas Cole, described as the finest landscape painter of his time and a pioneer interpreter of the American landscape. The Hudson River School is said to have sprung up largely because of his work. The house has changed little since his occupancy and still holds furnishings, paintings, paints and brushes associated with him.","narrative":"Overlooking the Hudson River from a hill in Catskill, New York, this two-story white brick house was built between 1812 and 1814 by the uncle of Maria Barton, who married the painter Thomas Cole in 1836. Cole settled permanently in Catskill in 1826 and lived and worked here until his death in 1848. He is described as the finest landscape painter of his time, and the Hudson River School grew largely from his work. The house has changed little, apart from an added chimney and a kitchen wing of about 1890. Porches run along the south and west sides, and the interior is arranged around a central hall. Furnishings tied to the artist remain, along with finished and unfinished paintings and his brushes. Cole's studio, used until 1846, stands to the southeast, along with a small privy. The 3.5-acre property keeps the lawns and gardens left from the original farm.","period_of_significance":"1801 - 1848","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in excellent condition and used as a private residence by Cole's descendants. The surviving studio's west end is an apartment and its east end, formerly an antique shop, is no longer actively in use.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:39.561288-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/66000522_NHL.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/66000522/023306a3f1-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/66000522/023306a3f1-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Dmadeo","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thomas-cole-house.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Dmadeo</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:Thomas-cole-house.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"82004779","name":"East Side Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/east-side-historic-district-82004779/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75315766","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Cole_National_Historic_Site","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7788530"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/greene-county/cole-thomas-house-66000522/"}