{"nrhp_refnum":"82001093","name":"Spaulding, Henry F., Coachman's House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"4970 Independence Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"The Bronx","state":"NY","lat":40.89816352500003,"lon":-73.91094620999996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-11-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two and one-half story picturesque cottage at 4970 Independence Avenue in the Riverdale section of the Bronx, New York. It was built around 1880 as the coachman's dwelling of the Henry Foster Spaulding estate, Parkside, and designed by architect Charles W. Clinton.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a substantially intact example of the Stick style, which was popular for suburban houses in the 1870s but rare in the New York City area. It is also an example of the work of architect Charles W. Clinton. It retains a picturesque setting similar to its original one despite being moved in 1909 and joined to another cottage in 1968.","narrative":"Built around 1880 in Riverdale, in the Bronx, this two and one-half story cottage served as the coachman's house for Parkside, the estate of Henry Foster Spaulding, within a residential development he founded in 1856. Architect Charles W. Clinton gave it board and batten siding, crossed exterior sticks that suggest a structural frame, jigsaw-trimmed dormers, twin chimneys and a polychromed slate roof. Such Stick style detailing was popular for suburban houses in the 1870s but is rare in New York City. The building was moved a short distance in 1909 when the Perkins family reworked the Wave Hill grounds, and in 1968 it was joined by a one-story addition to a smaller cottage dating from about 1860 and based on a Downing laborer's cottage design. Its setting remains close to the original. It is valued as an intact example of a style little represented in the city and as a work by Clinton.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Charles W. Clinton","architectural_style":"Picturesque cottage with Stick style influence","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied private residence; altered by non-historic additions, moved a short distance in 1909 and linked to a smaller cottage by an addition in 1968.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:43.196504-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/82001093.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001093/5b04a2c49f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001093/5b04a2c49f-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Dmadeo","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Henry_F._Spaulding_Coachman%27s_House,_Bronx_NY.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Dmadeo</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Henry_F._Spaulding_Coachman%27s_House,_Bronx_NY.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75316517","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_F._Spaulding_Coachman%27s_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5721020"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/the-bronx/spaulding-henry-f-coachmans-house-82001093/"}