{"nrhp_refnum":"79001573","name":"Oak Hill","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"N of Linlithgo on Oak Hill Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Linlithgo","county":"Columbia County","state":"NY","lat":42.20052036450005,"lon":-73.84432281458083,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-06-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Oak Hill is a brick Federal-style country house on a landscaped clearing above the Hudson River, north of Linlithgo in Columbia County, New York. It was built in the mid-1790s by John Livingston and sits within an estate of farm outbuildings and several other residences.","why_significant":"The nomination argues Oak Hill is significant for its association with the Livingstons of Livingston Manor, a family that shaped the region's economic, political and social life for over two hundred years. It is also presented as a high-style example of Federal architecture in a mid-Hudson Valley country estate, and the only Livingston estate in southern Columbia County originally built in that style.","narrative":"Oak Hill is a two-story brick country house with a stone foundation and raised basement, set in a landscaped clearing above a wooded bluff overlooking the Hudson River and the Catskill Mountains. John Livingston, a son of the third and last Lord of Livingston Manor, built it in the mid-1790s after his father's death divided the manor among the sons. Because wealthy men of the period often shaped their own houses, the nomination considers it likely that he served as his own architect. The house shows Federal features including a Palladian window, fanlights with tracery, French windows on the facade, and an arched screen with engaged columns in the central hall. A mansard roof, porch and kitchen wing were added in the 1870s. The estate includes a carriage house, garage, corncrib, gatehouse and several older houses. The property was listed for its Livingston family connections and as the only Federal-style Livingston estate in southern Columbia County.","period_of_significance":"1700-1799","architect_builder":"John Livingston","architectural_style":"Federal","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as in good condition; the main house is a private residence, and the form lists it as occupied.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:39.394346-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/79001573.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75317047","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oak_Hill_(Linlithgo,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7073559"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/columbia-county/oak-hill-79001573/"}