{"nrhp_refnum":"82001111","name":"Ritchie, Z., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"26 S. Catherine St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Plattsburgh","county":"Clinton County","state":"NY","lat":44.70071379800004,"lon":-73.45704991699995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-11-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A residential Gothic Revival house at 26 South Catherine Street in Plattsburgh, Clinton County, New York, built between 1856 and 1869 and owned in 1869 by a Z. Ritchie.","why_significant":"The inventory form calls it the best Gothic Revival residence in Plattsburgh, combining fine period details with an individual plan. It gains further significance from its intact appearance and excellent condition. It is also considered one of the most important buildings in the city, partly because the style is rare in the area.","narrative":"Standing at 26 South Catherine Street in Plattsburgh, this residence is a Gothic Revival house built between 1856 and 1869. The only record of its early ownership is the 1869 Beers map, which shows a Z. Ritchie as owner. A local owner believed construction around 1860 was likely, since the land had been purchased by then and the Civil War would probably have prevented later building. The house has a cross gable facing the street with a finial and decorative bargeboards, a projecting one-story bay with an ornate balustrade, brackets and a Gothic-motif frieze, and dormers with peaked double windows. Most windows and doors have label moldings, and the porch has bracketed cornices and peaked arches between square and chamfered columns. The form ranks it as the best Gothic Revival residence in the city, noting its individual plan, intact appearance, excellent condition and the rarity of the style locally. It remains a private residence.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Gothic Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition is listed as excellent; use is residential, the same as the original use. A recently built Gothic Revival garage is a non-contributing outbuilding.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:41.810772-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/82001111.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75312309","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z._Ritchie_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8062871"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/clinton-county/ritchie-z-house-82001111/"}