{"nrhp_refnum":"74001321","name":"Reid Hall, Manhattanville College","other_names":["Ophir Hall","Whitelaw Reid House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Manhattanville College, Purchase St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Purchase","county":"Westchester County","state":"NY","lat":41.03235398000004,"lon":-73.71554934199997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1974-03-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Landscape Architecture","Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Reid Hall (historic name Ophir Hall) is a four-story granite mansion with a five-story tower on the Manhattanville College campus on Purchase Street, Purchase, New York. Stanford White designed the main block, completed in 1892, and McKim, Mead and White added a wing in 1912.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is a lavishly decorated Renaissance Revival-style castle designed by Stanford White for Whitelaw Reid, editor-in-chief of the New York Herald Tribune. Its French-style interiors and Jacobean library wing are notable, and Reid's prominence as a diplomat and political figure adds to its interest. It is now the college's administrative center and campus focal point.","narrative":"Reid Hall, originally called Ophir Hall, is a granite mansion with a five-story tower on the Manhattanville College campus in Purchase, New York. Whitelaw Reid, owner and editor-in-chief of the New York Herald Tribune, bought the estate in 1887. After the first house burned, he commissioned Stanford White, whose Renaissance Revival castle was completed in 1892. Its main rooms are in the French style, with two parlors imported from a French chateau and others taken from the New York City home of Reid's father-in-law, Darius Mills. In 1912 McKim, Mead and White added a Jacobean library wing and a guest cottage. Reid served as minister to France and ambassador to England, and guests included Henry James and Calvin Coolidge. The Reid family kept the house until Manhattanville College bought it in 1951. It now serves as the college's administration building, and the first-floor rooms and main halls remain relatively unchanged.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Stanford White (1892); McKim, Mead and White (1912 wing); Frederick Law Olmstead (landscape)","architectural_style":"Renaissance Revival castle; Jacobean-style library wing; French-influenced interiors","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied and in excellent condition; serves as the administration building of Manhattanville College. Upper stories and secondary halls have been significantly altered for school needs.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:39.774074-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/74001321.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74001321/98eb96c2de-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74001321/98eb96c2de-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Ears823","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ManhattanvilleCollegeCastleSpringtime.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Ears823</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ManhattanvilleCollegeCastleSpringtime.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75323191","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reid_Hall,_Manhattanville_College","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7309955"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/westchester-county/reid-hall-manhattanville-college-74001321/"}