{"nrhp_refnum":"70000434","name":"Clinton Avenue Historic District","other_names":["See Also:Senate House"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Clinton Ave. and Fair St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Kingston","county":"Ulster County","state":"NY","lat":41.93481450400003,"lon":-74.02431008799994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1970-02-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation","Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic district in Kingston, Ulster County, New York, covering all of Clinton Avenue between Westbrook Lane and North Front Street, North Front Street between Clinton Avenue and Fair Street, and the east side of Fair Street between North Front and John Streets. It contains buildings from the late seventeenth through early twentieth centuries.","why_significant":"The district lies within the original Kingston stockade of 1654, built under Peter Stuyvesant, and its streets preserve the original Dutch street pattern. Its buildings illustrate the city's architectural development from the seventeenth to the twentieth century. Together with the street pattern and landscaping, they form the setting of the Senate House state historic site, so preserving the district is crucial to interpreting that site.","narrative":"Clinton Avenue Historic District covers a section of Kingston, New York, that follows the lines of the original Dutch village. The district takes in all of Clinton Avenue between Westbrook Lane and North Front Street, parts of North Front Street, and the east side of Fair Street between North Front and John Streets. Its buildings date from the late seventeenth to the early twentieth century and serve commercial and residential uses. Clinton Avenue and North Front Street follow the stockade erected in 1654 by Peter Stuyvesant, and the streets keep the original Dutch layout. Archeological remains of the stockade logs likely survive in a lot across from the Senate House. The nomination argues that the buildings individually show the city's architectural development, and that together with the street pattern and landscaping they form the historic and spatial setting of the Senate House, a state historic site. Preserving the district was considered essential to interpreting that site.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Form checks the condition as fair, partly altered and occupied, with mixed commercial and private residential use. Archeological remains of the stockade logs are thought likely to survive in a lot across from the Senate House.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:38.844445-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/70000434.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75322574","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/ulster-county/clinton-avenue-historic-district-70000434/"}