{"nrhp_refnum":"73001223","name":"Smith, Abigail Adams, Museum","other_names":["Stable of \"Mount Vernon\""],"category":"building","location":{"address":"421 E. 61st St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Manhattan","state":"NY","lat":40.76051692900006,"lon":-73.95975579199995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1973-01-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-a-half-story Federal style stone coach house and stable at 421 East 61st Street in Manhattan, built in 1799 and converted to a residence in 1826.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as an architecturally notable surviving coach house and stable from the former riverfront estate of Colonel William Stephen Smith. It was later converted to a residence with Greek Revival interiors. Its name recalls Abigail Adams Smith, though reviewers noted she never lived in it and that it is a stable, not a house.","narrative":"Built in 1799, this stone coach house and stable at 421 East 61st Street in Manhattan once served an estate on the East River. The land was deeded in 1795 to Colonel William Stephen Smith, who began an unfinished mansion called Mount Vernon. The brick numerals 1799 in the northeast gable suggest that William T. Robinson built or completed the stable. It held six horses, a coach room, cattle shelter below and a hayloft. After the mansion burned in 1826, Joseph Coleman Hart converted the stable into a residence, and it later served as a hotel, a private home and housing for laborers. The Colonial Dames of America acquired it in 1924 and named it for Abigail Adams Smith. The building is two and a half stories, H-shaped, with rock-faced masonry, a two-story wooden veranda, pedimented gables and preserved wagon-door arches. Its Federal exterior and Greek Revival interiors underlie its architectural importance. Later review led to renaming it a museum, since it was a stable rather than her house.","period_of_significance":"1799","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Federal, with Greek Revival interiors","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in excellent condition and altered, with a survey under way ahead of planned restoration. It is used as a museum and is occupied by its owner, the Colonial Dames of America.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:39.79143-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/73001223.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001223/91e761faf4-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001223/91e761faf4-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Dmadeo","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mt-vernon-hotel-2007.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Dmadeo</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:Mt-vernon-hotel-2007.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75319905","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Vernon_Hotel_Museum","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6924383"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/manhattan/smith-abigail-adams-museum-73001223/"}