{"nrhp_refnum":"80002782","name":"Chetolah","other_names":["George Inness,Jr.,Estate"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"S of Cragsmoor on Vista Maria Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cragsmoor","county":"Ulster County","state":"NY","lat":41.66123015250005,"lon":-74.37918363556145,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-10-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Art","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Chetolah is the George Inness, Jr. estate near Cragsmoor in the town of Wawarsing, Ulster County, New York. It has a large eclectic main house and ten support structures on about 115 acres, built from 1901.","why_significant":"The nomination argues Chetolah is significant for its architectural plan and eclectic detailing, which blend Queen Anne and Beaux-Arts classical influences. It also recalls the lavish lifestyle of a successful turn-of-the-century artist in the well-established Cragsmoor art colony.","narrative":"Chetolah is a summer estate near Cragsmoor, in Ulster County, New York, built from 1901 for the painter George Inness, Jr. His son-in-law, architect Howard Greenley, helped him design the buildings, and J. R. Jones of Brooklyn was the contractor. The large, rambling main house mixes stone, shingle and stucco, combining Queen Anne massing with classical features such as round arches and Composite columns. Around it stand a studio, tennis house, garage, gatehouse, stone tower, two smaller residences and a log cabin, set among terraced gardens on a plateau of the Shawangunk range. The estate reflects the comfortable, sophisticated life of artists in the Cragsmoor colony, which flourished from the 1870s to the 1930s. After Inness died in 1926 the property was sold, and from 1936 a religious order used it as a motherhouse and novitiate. When nominated, the main house was suffering from neglect and vandalism, while local residents hoped to turn it into an arts center.","period_of_significance":"1900- (specific date 1901)","architect_builder":"George Inness, Jr. and Howard Greenley, architects; J. R. Jones, contractor","architectural_style":"Eclectic, with Queen Anne and classical (Beaux-Arts) influences; smaller residences show Colonial Revival elements","criteria":[],"status_note":"Main house is structurally sound but vandalized and threatened by neglect; the greenhouse is in ruins and the log cabin is deteriorated. The two smaller residences and the gatehouse are in good condition. The form lists the property as both occupied and unoccupied.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:43.118666-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/80002782.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80002782/89ec31c177-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80002782/89ec31c177-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Kingston Souvenir Co., Kingston, NY","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:George_Innes,_Jr._Estate_%22Chetah%22_View_from_rear_garden.png\" rel=\"noopener\">Kingston Souvenir Co., Kingston, NY</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:George_Innes,_Jr._Estate_%22Chetah%22_View_from_rear_garden.png"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75322562","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chetolah","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5094182"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/ulster-county/chetolah-80002782/"}