{"nrhp_refnum":"82001211","name":"Barr, Amelia, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Mountain Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cornwall-on-Hudson","county":"Orange County","state":"NY","lat":41.426310826000076,"lon":-74.02352283099998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-11-23","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Literature","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A rambling two-story clapboard house with a stone foundation, known as 'Cherry Croft,' on the west side of Mountain Road in Cornwall-on-Hudson, Orange County, New York. It was built about 1881; architect and builder are unknown.","why_significant":"The house is considered a distinctive example of the frame residences built on the Cornwall mountainside. It is also significant for its link to Amelia Barr, a popular American author who lived there from about 1883 to the mid-1890s and entertained other writers in an area known for its artists and writers.","narrative":"Cherry Croft is a rambling two-story clapboard house with a stone foundation on Mountain Road in Cornwall-on-Hudson, built around 1881. The original house had three gabled pavilions with pointed-arch windows, and a three-story tower stood between the east and north pavilions. The top floor of the tower was removed in the 1930s, leaving a two-story projecting bay with a polygonal roof. A porte-cochere once extended from the veranda, and a one-story cottage on the south side appears original. A two-story frame addition and a porch were added during the 1930s alterations. From about 1883 to the mid-1890s the house was the home of Amelia Barr, a noted author who came to Cornwall to visit Nathaniel P. Willis and stayed. She became one of the most popular American writers of her day and entertained literary figures here. The house is valued both as a distinctive mountainside frame residence and for this literary association. It remains a private residence.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late-19th century residential architecture","criteria":[],"status_note":"Still used as a residence; condition rated fair; no threats known. The third floor of the tower was removed in the 1930s.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:41.43399-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/82001211.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001211/df4f6f7aeb-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001211/df4f6f7aeb-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Daniel Case","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Amelia_Barr_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniel Case</a>, <a href=\"http://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:Amelia_Barr_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75314225","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amelia_Barr_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4742221"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/orange-county/barr-amelia-house-82001211/"}