{"nrhp_refnum":"78001899","name":"Tibbits House","other_names":["Tibbits Hall"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"S of Hoosick at jct. of NY 22 and NY 7","address_restricted":false,"city":"Hoosick","county":"Rensselaer County","state":"NY","lat":42.85797084400008,"lon":-73.34323371499994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-05-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Agriculture","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Tibbits Hall (Tibbits House) is a one-and-a-half-story Gothic Revival stone mansion built in 1860 on a hillside overlooking the Hoosac River Valley, south of Hoosick at the junction of NY Routes 22 and 7, Rensselaer County, New York.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as a fine, large-scale Gothic Revival residence in a baronial manner and a reminder of the Tibbits family, whose members provided state-wide leadership in business, government, agriculture and education. It was built by George Mortimer Tibbits, and its exterior is compared to Butterfield's 1845 vicarage in Gloucestershire. It has also been preserved with minimal changes.","narrative":"Tibbits Hall is a rambling stone mansion on a hillside above the Hoosac River Valley near Hoosick, New York. George Mortimer Tibbits built it in 1860, incorporating a brick house he had put up in the 1820s. Its walls are cut ashley sandstone, its steep gabled roofs are covered with fishscale slates, and porches, bay windows, dormers, chimneys and two towers give it a picturesque profile. Pointed-arch windows and a bold pointed entrance arch mark the Gothic Revival design. Inside, the woodwork is solid black walnut, including the staircase, paneling, mantels and bookcases. The house is tied to a prominent land-holding family. George Tibbits helped finance the Erie Canal and founded the county agricultural society, and his son George Mortimer managed the family lands and raised sheep. The Hoosac School acquired the building in 1952, adding attic dormers and fire escapes while otherwise preserving it. The nomination covers the hall and less than one acre around it.","period_of_significance":"1860","architect_builder":"George Mortimer Tibbits (builder)","architectural_style":"Gothic Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Owned by the Hoosac School, which acquired it in 1952 and has made minimal changes; condition listed as good and original site.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:39.879934-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/78001899.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78001899/dfd75be083-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78001899/dfd75be083-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HoosickNY_HoosacSchool_TibbitsHouse2.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Magicpiano</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:HoosickNY_HoosacSchool_TibbitsHouse2.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75321307","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tibbits_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7800335"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/rensselaer-county/tibbits-house-78001899/"}