{"nrhp_refnum":"73001185","name":"Delamater, Henry, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"44 Montgomery St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Rhinebeck","county":"Dutchess County","state":"NY","lat":41.928457405000074,"lon":-73.91314327899994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1973-05-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Gothic-style wood-frame cottage at 44 Montgomery Street (U.S. Route 9) in the village of Rhinebeck, Dutchess County, New York, built in 1844 and designed by Alexander Jackson Davis for Henry Delamater. It sits on a 2.73-acre plot with a carriage house.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it \"the supreme example of the American Gothic cottage\" and an exceptionally pure example of the Hudson River Gothic style. It shows Davis's principle of unity of design, with exterior and interior both expressing the Pointed Style. It was designed for Henry Delamater, president of Rhinebeck's First National Bank.","narrative":"Built in 1844 at 44 Montgomery Street in Rhinebeck, this board-and-batten cottage was designed by architect Alexander Jackson Davis for Henry Delamater, a merchant and president of the town's First National Bank. A hip-roofed block is crossed by a steep central gable topped with a crocketed finial, and slender chimney-tops add to the vertical emphasis. A carved veranda, Tudor-arched openings, diamond-paned windows and semi-octagonal bays give the plain structure its picturesque character. Inside, four main rooms surround a divided central hall, with the staircase hidden in the rear hall. A carriage house with a cupola stands northwest of the dwelling. It has been described as the supreme example of the American Gothic cottage and a pure expression of Hudson River Gothic, reflecting the country-house ideas promoted by Davis and Andrew Jackson Downing's circle. It remains a residence, buffering commercial blocks from housing to the north.","period_of_significance":"1844","architect_builder":"Alexander Jackson Davis (architect)","architectural_style":"Gothic or Pointed Style (Hudson River Gothic)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Still serves as a private dwelling; condition marked fair and unaltered, on its original site, though part of the rear veranda has been enclosed and a modern kitchen added.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:40.084944-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/73001185.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001185/66fa258a92-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001185/66fa258a92-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Doug Kerr from now in Binghamton, NY. Edited by Daniel Case prior to upload","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Henry_Delamater_House,_Rhinebeck,_NY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Doug Kerr from now in Binghamton, NY. Edited by Daniel Case prior to upload</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Henry_Delamater_House,_Rhinebeck,_NY.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"79001578","name":"Rhinebeck Village Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/rhinebeck-village-historic-district-79001578/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75312488","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Delamater_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5720264"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/dutchess-county/delamater-henry-house-73001185/"}