{"nrhp_refnum":"82001242","name":"Fish and Fur Club","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"258 Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Nelsonville","county":"Putnam County","state":"NY","lat":41.42402862200004,"lon":-73.94852239499994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-11-23","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A single-story frame clubhouse at 258 Main Street in Nelsonville, Putnam County, New York, built in 1905 by Martin Adams for the Fish and Fur Club. It later became the village justice court.","why_significant":"The building is considered significant for its unorthodox use of rustic timber framing on its facade. This was a distinctive architectural choice meant to symbolize the natural environment that interested club members. The form says the building has artistic values that make it significant.","narrative":"Built in 1905 at the corner of Main and Pearl Streets in Nelsonville, this single-story frame building was constructed for the Fish and Fur Club, which had organized in 1895. The club bought the lot from Josiah Ferris, a member, and hired Martin Adams to build the clubhouse for $1,500. The architect is unknown. The building rests on a stone foundation and is three bays long and three wide, with an asphalt-shingled hipped roof and a triangular dormer holding a semicircular window. A concrete porch on the south side has a rustic timber railing and four sapling posts supporting a shed roof. The club stayed here until the village took the building over in the late 1950s for use as a justice court. Its significance rests on the unusual use of rustic timber framing on the facade, a design choice that evoked the outdoor interests of the club's members.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Architect unknown; builder Martin Adams","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Owned by the Village of Nelsonville and used as a justice court; condition listed as fair, on its original site.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:42.569533-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/82001242.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001242/5244a9a807-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001242/5244a9a807-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Daniel Case","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fish_and_Fur_Club.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:Fish_and_Fur_Club.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75314394","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fish_and_Fur_Club","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5454594"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/putnam-county/fish-and-fur-club-82001242/"}