{"nrhp_refnum":"73001210","name":"Wagner, Webster, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"E. Grand St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Palatine Bridge","county":"Montgomery County","state":"NY","lat":42.91083360300007,"lon":-74.56909845699994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1973-03-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Invention"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A large frame Victorian house built in 1876 on a ridge on East Grand Street in Palatine Bridge, Montgomery County, New York, overlooking the Mohawk River and the railroad. It was designed by Syracuse architect Horatio Nelson White for Webster Wagner.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the house as a well-preserved post-Civil War mansion reflecting the ambitions of a self-made millionaire inventor. It is closely tied to the Railroad Age, since Wagner invented the sleeping car, the drawing room car and a raised ventilating roof for railroad cars. It is also noted for its varied massing, mansard roof and rich interior woodwork.","narrative":"Perched on a ridge above the Mohawk River, the railroad tracks and the old Mohawk Turnpike at Palatine Bridge, this large frame house was completed in 1876 for Webster Wagner. Wagner, a railroad station agent turned inventor, created the sleeping car, the drawing room coach and a raised roof ventilator for rail cars, and later served in the New York State Assembly and Senate. Syracuse architect Horatio Nelson White designed the house, which served as the family's summer home. The two-and-a-half-story main block has a mansard roof, a three-story entrance tower, polygonal bays, a veranda and a deep piazza, all with heavy, bold detail. Inside, the parlors, dining room and library have mahogany and walnut burl woodwork, marble mantels and period lighting fixtures. Original touches include frosted entrance glass bearing a \"W\". The house was listed for its architecture and its link to Wagner's railroad career.","period_of_significance":"19th Century (1876)","architect_builder":"Horatio Nelson White (architect); built by Webster Wagner","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition is marked excellent and unaltered on the original site; the house is occupied and used as a residence and a store for old phonographs and records.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:39.808986-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/73001210.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001210/ddc6b59eb7-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001210/ddc6b59eb7-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Doug Kerr from Upstate New York","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Webster_Wagner_House_Apr_10.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Doug Kerr from Upstate New York</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:Webster_Wagner_House_Apr_10.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"100004358","name":"Palatine Bridge Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/palatine-bridge-historic-district-100004358/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75319061","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webster_Wagner_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7978978"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/montgomery-county/wagner-webster-house-73001210/"}