{"nrhp_refnum":"71000536","name":"Livingston, Henry W., House","other_names":["\"The Hill\""],"category":"building","location":{"address":"N of Bell's Pond","address_restricted":false,"city":"Livingston","county":"Columbia County","state":"NY","lat":42.17680241900007,"lon":-73.74895000499998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1971-02-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, stucco-covered brick mansion known as \"The Hill,\" the Henry W. Livingston House, set on a rise north of Bell's Pond at the intersection of US 9 and NY 82 in Livingston, Columbia County, New York. Tradition holds it was begun soon after November 1796 and completed in 1803.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the house as a massive, large-scale landmark with Classical Revival features. It also cites its historical associations with Henry Walter Livingston, a judge and congressman, and with his wife Mary, who made the house a social center that welcomed famous guests.","narrative":"Known as \"The Hill,\" this large two-story mansion rises above Bell's Pond in Livingston, Columbia County, New York. Its brick walls are covered with stucco and painted white. The west front has a two-story portico with four Ionic columns on a cut stone base. Curved bays on the side elevations mark elliptical parlors inside, and a modified domed roof covers the central block. Wings extending from the north and south sides end in octagons and are linked to the main block by curved one-story porches with smaller Ionic columns. According to tradition, Henry Walter Livingston (1768-1810) began construction soon after his marriage in November 1796 to Mary Penn Allen. An Italian architect reputedly designed it, and it was completed in 1803. Livingston served as a county judge, state assemblyman and member of Congress. Mary Livingston made the house a social center, and guests reportedly included Louis Philippe, Joseph Bonaparte and the Marquis de Lafayette. The house is considered a local landmark for its Classical Revival design and these associations.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Reputedly designed by an Italian architect (not named)","architectural_style":"Classical Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as unoccupied, in good condition, on its original site, and privately owned.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:38.748589-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/71000536.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75317032","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_W._Livingston_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14706349"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/columbia-county/livingston-henry-w-house-71000536/"}