{"nrhp_refnum":"72000899","name":"Crawford, David, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"189 Montgomery St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Newburgh","county":"Orange County","state":"NY","lat":41.50904696100008,"lon":-74.00802104099995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1972-09-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-one-half story clapboard-covered, brick-lined timber-frame house at 189 Montgomery Street, Newburgh, New York, built about 1829-31 for merchant David Crawford on land leased from the Glebe Episcopal Church.","why_significant":"The house reflects the nineteenth-century prosperity of its owner and of Newburgh, once a fashionable river city. Crawford built a successful career in shipping and steamboat freighting and helped promote local roads, railroads and banks. The house is also noted for its fine architectural detail and is considered a well-known local landmark.","narrative":"Overlooking the Hudson River at the corner of Clinton and Montgomery Streets in Newburgh, this house was built around 1829-31 for David Crawford, a merchant who leased the lot from the Glebe Episcopal Church in 1830. The two-and-one-half story building has a gable roof, a rectangular plan and clapboard over a brick-lined timber frame. A tall pedimented portico with Ionic columns and a Palladian window marks the east front, and a brick-floored loggia runs beneath the porch. Inside, a carved front door, a curved stair with a dolphin-like newel post, black marble fireplaces and carved door and window ornament repeat the exterior's classical themes. Crawford, a War of 1812 captain, prospered in river freight and steamboats and supported local plank roads, railroads and banks. The architect's name is not known. The Historical Society of Newburgh Bay and the Highlands bought the house in 1953 and restored its rear garden in 1968. It is recognized as a local landmark.","period_of_significance":"19th Century (specific date 1829-31)","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in excellent condition and unaltered on its original site; used as the home and museum of the Historical Society of Newburgh Bay and the Highlands, which bought it in 1953.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:38.797321-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/72000899.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72000899/c64af15b1e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72000899/c64af15b1e-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Daniel Case","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:David_Crawford_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniel Case</a>, <a href=\"http://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:David_Crawford_House.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"85002426","name":"East End Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/east-end-historic-district-85002426/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75320618","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Crawford_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5232651"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/orange-county/crawford-david-house-72000899/"}