{"nrhp_refnum":"74001241","name":"Susquehannah Turnpike","other_names":[],"category":"site","location":{"address":"Beginning at Catskill, follows the Mohican Trail (NY 145) and CR 20 and 22 NW to the Schoharie County line","address_restricted":false,"city":"Catskill","county":"Greene County","state":"NY","lat":42.28831855450005,"lon":-74.00502850437124,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1974-01-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A roughly twenty-five mile historic turnpike route in Greene County, New York, running from Catskill on the Hudson River northwest through Durham and West Durham to the Schoharie County line, now followed by state and county highways. The road was developed in 1800.","why_significant":"The turnpike gave Greene County a direct 'bee-line' route west and operated as a toll road for over 100 years, contributing to the economic and demographic growth of western New York. Its original path is still in use in current highways, and surviving stone bridges, milestones and the Durham Valley landscape remain visible.","narrative":"The Greene County section of the Susquehannah Turnpike is a route of about twenty-five miles that begins at Catskill on the Hudson River and runs northwest through Leeds, Cairo, Durham and West Durham to the Schoharie County line. Chartered in 1800, the turnpike company was authorized to build a road from Salisbury, Connecticut, to Unadilla on the Susquehannah River, and it operated until 1901 on at least part of its length. Farmers hauling goods, drovers moving livestock and emigrants heading west all used the road, which gave Greene County a direct line of travel and helped the economic and population growth of western New York. Today the path is carried by Route 145 and County Routes 22 and 20, within a sixty-six foot right of way. Surviving features include stone arch bridges in Durham, East Durham and near Leeds, and nine red sandstone milestones, along with the scenic Durham Valley landscape.","period_of_significance":"19th Century","architect_builder":"Susquehannah Turnpike Company","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition marked good and altered; the route is now two-lane paved state and county roads, with two older stone arch bridges no longer in use and nine of the original twenty-five milestones surviving.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:38.593917-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/74001241.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75318055","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susquehannah_Turnpike","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7649366"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/greene-county/susquehannah-turnpike-74001241/"}