{"nrhp_refnum":"80002660","name":"Waterman-Gramps House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"School St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Nelliston","county":"Montgomery County","state":"NY","lat":42.93692195400007,"lon":-74.61205864499993,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-09-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small stone cottage at the dead end of School Street in Nelliston, Montgomery County, New York, built in the mid-nineteenth century (the 1860s) by the Waterman family, who were carpenters and builders.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the cottage has historical and architectural importance. It represents modest rental housing for workmen's families built as the village expanded in the 1860s. It is the only known village example of a post-mid-century stone residence, built of roughly coursed fieldstone rather than uniform cut stone.","narrative":"At the dead end of School Street in Nelliston stands a small stone house of coursed rubble with cut stone lintels and sills. Its gable and entrance face the street, and limestone steps lead to a recessed front door of Greek Revival inspiration. Inside are hand-hewn beams, a stone cistern in the cellar, and a simple off-center plan with an entrance hall, one large room and two small rooms downstairs, and two rooms in the half story above. A wooden kitchen and porch were added on the south side, and a separate frame house from the 1960s is attached to the north. The Waterman family, carpenters and builders who later made more substantial village homes, built the cottage in the 1860s, apparently as rental housing for a workman's family. It is the only known village example of a post-mid-century stone residence, and its fieldstone construction adds to understanding of stone use in the area.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Waterman family, carpenters and builders","architectural_style":"Greek Revival inspiration (recessed front door); simple vernacular stone cottage","criteria":[],"status_note":null,"vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:43.492422-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/80002660.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75313682","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterman-Gramps_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7974323"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/montgomery-county/waterman-gramps-house-80002660/"}