{"nrhp_refnum":"73001287","name":"Cropsey, Jasper F., House and Studio","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"49 Washington Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Hastings-on-Hudson","county":"Westchester County","state":"NY","lat":40.99318665900006,"lon":-73.88144526899998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1973-05-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Art","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A board-and-batten cottage with an attached studio at 49 Washington Avenue, Hastings-on-Hudson, Westchester County, New York. The cottage was built ca. 1832 in the \"Pointed Style\" by a Mr. Saunders, and painter Jasper Cropsey added the studio in 1885.","why_significant":"The house and studio of Jasper Cropsey (1823-1900), a Hudson River School painter, are distinguished for their integrity of architectural design and interior decoration. Cropsey designed parts of the property himself, and it remains furnished with his possessions and pieces he designed. The nomination argues that it expresses Cropsey as both an architect and an artist.","narrative":"This board-and-batten cottage with an attached studio in Hastings-on-Hudson was the later-life home of landscape painter Jasper Cropsey. A Mr. Saunders built the cottage in the Pointed Style, and Cropsey bought it and settled there with his family in 1885. He added a square, hip-roofed studio lit by a large cupola and a big north window facing the Hudson River and the Palisades, which became major subjects of his late watercolors and oils. Inside, carved wood trusses designed by Cropsey span the studio without supporting posts, and a battlemented wooden hood shelters the fireplace and flanking benches. The house sits on a hill above a ravine and has descended to the artist's great-granddaughters. It remains substantially unaltered and is still furnished with his own possessions, including items from his European travels and pieces he designed. These features make the property a rare, intact expression of the artist's life and taste.","period_of_significance":"19th Century (specific dates ca. 1832; ca. 1885)","architect_builder":"Jasper F. Cropsey (studio and alterations); original cottage built by a Mr. Saunders","architectural_style":"\"Pointed Style\" board-and-batten cottage (Gothic Revival character)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Excellent condition and unaltered; occupied as a private residence, still furnished with Cropsey's possessions.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:39.939614-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/73001287.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001287/b032d371a9-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001287/b032d371a9-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":null,"credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cropsey_House_and_Studio,_49_Washington_Avenue,_Hastings-on-Hudson,_Westchester_County,_NY_HABS_NY,60-HAST,2-_(sheet_5_of_11).tif\" rel=\"noopener\">Unknown author</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cropsey_House_and_Studio,_49_Washington_Avenue,_Hastings-on-Hudson,_Westchester_County,_NY_HABS_NY,60-HAST,2-_(sheet_5_of_11).tif"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75322995","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ever_Rest","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5416865"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/westchester-county/cropsey-jasper-f-house-and-studio-73001287/"}