{"nrhp_refnum":"73001256","name":"Hart-Cluett Mansion","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"59 2nd St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Troy","county":"Rensselaer County","state":"NY","lat":42.72958507800007,"lon":-73.69355579299997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1973-04-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Federal-style townhouse at 59 Second Street in downtown Troy, Rensselaer County, New York, built in 1827 with a limestone and marble front facade, now a house museum of the county historical society.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it an exceptionally fine example of a Federal townhouse, with exterior and interior remarkably intact because two prominent Troy families owned it for about 125 years. It is tied to Richard P. Hart, a leading Troy financier and civic figure, and later to the Cluett family of the Cluett-Peabody shirt and collar firm. Its setting in a largely nineteenth-century neighborhood adds to its value.","narrative":"Built in 1827 on Second Street in downtown Troy, this Federal townhouse has a limestone and marble front facade set in a row of fine nineteenth-century houses. Its off-center entrance has a portico, elliptical fanlight, columns, sidelights, and a marble architrave with a vermiculated keystone and quoins. Inside, a central hall leads to the staircase, dining room and back parlor, and much of the original woodwork, plasterwork, marble mantelpieces and some furnishings survive. William Howard, a New York City fur merchant, had it built as a wedding present for his daughter Betsey and her husband Richard P. Hart, a Troy financier, railroad president, mayor and founder of several civic institutions. The design is attributed to Albany architect Philip Hooker. George B. Cluett bought the house in 1892, and Albert E. Cluett acquired it in 1910. Mrs. Cluett gave it to the Rensselaer County Historical Society in 1952, which maintains it as a museum. Continuity of ownership kept the house remarkably intact.","period_of_significance":"19th Century; specific date 1827","architect_builder":"Attributed to Philip Hooker, Albany architect (attribution by Bernd Forster in Architecture Worth Saving in Rensselaer County)","architectural_style":"Federal townhouse","criteria":[],"status_note":"Owned and maintained as a house museum by the Rensselaer County Historical Society; condition listed as good, with some alterations; a balustrade restoration was in progress when photographed.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:39.568416-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/73001256.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001256/ca6eb18870-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001256/ca6eb18870-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"UpstateNYer","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RensCoHistSoc.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">UpstateNYer</a>, <a href=\"https://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:RensCoHistSoc.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"86001527","name":"Central Troy Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/central-troy-historic-district-86001527/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75321236","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hart-Cluett_Mansion","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1587001"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/rensselaer-county/hart-cluett-mansion-73001256/"}