{"nrhp_refnum":"75001214","name":"Conkling, Roscoe, House","other_names":["Miller-Conkling-Kernan House","See Also:Rutger-Steuben Park Hi"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"3 Rutger St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Utica","county":"Oneida County","state":"NY","lat":43.09604640550006,"lon":-75.22956918481373,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1975-05-15","is_nhl":true,"nhl_designated_date":"1975-05-15","areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 2 1/2-story Greek Revival house at 3 Rutger Park in Utica, Oneida County, New York, begun by Judge Morris Miller between 1820 and 1824 and completed by his son Rutger B. Miller in 1829-30. It is faced with scored gray stucco over red brick.","why_significant":"It was the Utica home of Senator Roscoe Conkling from about 1863 until his death in 1888. Conkling was a powerful New York Republican political boss who clashed with Presidents Hayes and Garfield. The house is believed to be the only surviving structure prominently associated with his life.","narrative":"Set on a hill overlooking old Utica, this Greek Revival house at 3 Rutger Park was designed by Albany architect Philip Hooker. Judge Morris Miller began it sometime between 1820 and his death in 1824, and his son Rutger B. Miller finished it in 1829-30. Its brick walls are covered with gray stucco scored to look like stone, and its windows have a distinctive three-part form. Early on it was nicknamed \"Miller's Folly\" because it stood far from the town's edge. From about 1863 until 1888 it was the home of Roscoe Conkling, a U.S. Senator who controlled New York's Republican organization and fought civil service reform under Presidents Hayes and Garfield. His feud with Garfield helped create the political climate preceding Garfield's assassination. Nicholas E. Kernan bought the house in 1894 and added an east wing. It is the central and oldest of five houses in Rutger Park and is believed to be the only surviving structure prominently associated with Conkling.","period_of_significance":"circa 1863-1888","architect_builder":"Philip Hooker (Albany architect)","architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in good condition and altered, and used as a private residence; the interior was not viewed by the form's preparer.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:39.375955-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/75001214_NHL.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75001214/054ef8a7cb-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75001214/054ef8a7cb-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Lvklock","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Roscoeconklinghouse.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Lvklock</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Roscoeconklinghouse.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75315997","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roscoe_Conkling_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7367502"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/oneida-county/conkling-roscoe-house-75001214/"}