{"nrhp_refnum":"79001621","name":"Beverwyck Manor","other_names":["St. Anthony-on-Hudson Seminary"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Washington Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Rensselaer","county":"Rensselaer County","state":"NY","lat":42.66345064500007,"lon":-73.72239589599997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-08-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Beverwyck Manor is a Greek Revival, stucco-over-brick mansion on a wooded bluff above the Hudson River in Rensselaer, New York, built 1839-1842 as the main house of William Patterson Van Rensselaer's estate. It later became part of the St. Anthony-on-Hudson Franciscan seminary.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is an architect-designed house with clear European antecedents, closely tied to English country houses and to Jefferson's Monticello rather than to other 1840s buildings in upstate New York. It was designed by Frederick Diaper in the manner of Sir Robert Smirke. It is also historically important as the home of William Van Rensselaer during the Anti-Rent War.","narrative":"Beverwyck Manor is a three-story Greek Revival mansion of stucco-covered brick on a bluff above the Hudson River in Rensselaer, New York. Built between 1839 and 1842 for William Patterson Van Rensselaer, it has a four-column Ionic portico, a low hipped roof and a polygonal garden front with iron balconies. Inside are Scagliola columns, a cantilevered white marble stair and a trompe l'oeil frescoed ceiling in the music room. The architect was Frederick Diaper, an Englishman trained under Sir Robert Smirke, and the design resembles Smirke's Normanby Park. The house reflects imported English and French taste rather than local Greek Revival styles. It also recalls the Anti-Rent War, which erupted as Van Rensselaer tried to collect back rents from tenant farmers. Van Rensselaer sold the house in the 1860s, and the Franciscan order acquired it in 1911 for a seminary. The nominated area covers 1.9 acres around the mansion.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Frederick Diaper","architectural_style":"Greek Revival / Neoclassical","criteria":[],"status_note":"Owned by the Franciscan order; not occupied except for occasional daytime activities, but kept secure, in good repair and heated.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:39.195234-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/79001621.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79001621/fb7ad2a033-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79001621/fb7ad2a033-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RensselaerNY_BeverwyckManor.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">User: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:RensselaerNY_BeverwyckManor.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75321177","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverwyck_Manor","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4899644"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/rensselaer-county/beverwyck-manor-79001621/"}