{"nrhp_refnum":"72000917","name":"Hyatt-Livingston House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"152 Broadway","address_restricted":false,"city":"Dobbs Ferry","county":"Westchester County","state":"NY","lat":41.009013880000055,"lon":-73.87868051299995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1972-10-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Military","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A house at 152 Broadway in Dobbs Ferry, Westchester County, New York, on a rise overlooking the Hudson River. It began as a tenant farmer's dwelling around 1698 and was enlarged by the Hyatt family, then given a large west wing by Philip Livingston between 1779 and 1810.","why_significant":"The house is a distinctive visual and historical landmark in Dobbs Ferry. It combines the plain character of early 18th-century rural Hudson Valley building with the more refined design of a late 18th-century gentleman's residence. It is also believed to have served as General Washington's headquarters for a period in 1781.","narrative":"Standing on a rise above the Hudson River at 152 Broadway in Dobbs Ferry, this house grew in two distinct stages. Its oldest portion dates to about 1698, when it was a simple tenant farmer's dwelling on Philipsburg Manor land, first occupied by John Hyatt. The Hyatt family later enlarged it into a five-bay, two-and-a-half story frame house. After the manor property was confiscated and sold in 1779, merchant Philip Livingston bought the farm and added a two-story west wing before his death in 1810. The wing has a pediment, fanlight, balustraded porches and Doric columns, and it turned the house toward the river. The form says the house is believed to have served as General Washington's headquarters in 1781. Later owners included Stephen Archer, a Quaker believed to have sheltered fugitive slaves, and lawyer Messmore Kendall, who renovated it after 1916 with Walter Chambers. The contrast between farmhouse and refined addition is the main reason for its recognition.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Philip Livingston (west wing); Walter Chambers (early 20th-century restoration for Messmore Kendall)","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition listed as fair, with the property marked unoccupied and preservation work in progress; the form says it was used as a private residence. Described as altered and on its original site.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:40.102505-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/72000917.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72000917/6d310c8c8b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72000917/6d310c8c8b-1600.webp","licence":"No restrictions","author":"Internet Archive Book Images","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Trolley_exploring_-_an_electric_railroad_guide_to_historic_and_picturesque_places_about_New_York,_New_Jersey,_and_New_England_(1904)_(14574250168).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Internet Archive Book Images</a>, <a href=\"https://www.flickr.com/commons/usage/\" rel=\"license noopener\">No restrictions</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Trolley_exploring_-_an_electric_railroad_guide_to_historic_and_picturesque_places_about_New_York,_New_Jersey,_and_New_England_(1904)_(14574250168).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75323065","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyatt-Livingston_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15227291"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/westchester-county/hyatt-livingston-house-72000917/"}