{"nrhp_refnum":"82001174","name":"ELEANOR (Sailing Sloop)","other_names":[],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"Off Lower Main St. in Catskill Creek","address_restricted":false,"city":"Catskill","county":"Greene County","state":"NY","lat":42.21237337700006,"lon":-73.86103752999998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-12-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation","Maritime History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 36-foot gaff-rigged racing sloop moored in Catskill Creek off Lower Main Street, Catskill, Greene County, New York. Designed by Clinton H. Crane and believed built about 1903 at the B. F. Wood shipyard on City Island, New York.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it an intact and rare surviving example of an early gaff-rigged racing sloop by noted naval architect Clinton H. Crane. It represents state-of-the-art racing yacht design for its period. It is believed to be the only surviving example of Crane's work in the Raceabout class.","narrative":"Eleanor is a 36-foot gaff-rigged racing sloop kept on Catskill Creek in Greene County, New York. Designed by yacht designer Clinton H. Crane and believed built around 1903 at the B. F. Wood shipyard on City Island, she measures 21 feet on the waterline with a 9.5-foot beam. Her mahogany hull is double planked and copper riveted, with a lead keel, a centerboard, and a hollow Adirondack spruce mast and boom. She carries no engine. The sloop appears to follow Crane's design for the Raceabout Lanai, though somewhat longer and wider. No firm documentation of her construction date or first owner has been found. She is believed to be the only surviving example of Crane's Raceabout work, and she shows the racing yacht design of her era. She passed through several owners, including the Livingston family, and is now used as a schoolship to teach sailing.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":"Clinton H. Crane (designer); built at the B. F. Wood shipyard, City Island, New York","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in good, unaltered condition, with no mechanical propulsion. Moored in Catskill Creek during the sailing season, stored at a Catskill marina in winter, and used as a schoolship by the Hudson River Sailing Club.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:43.431593-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/82001174.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75317952","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_(sloop)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5354214"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/greene-county/eleanor-sailing-sloop-82001174/"}