{"nrhp_refnum":"82001272","name":"Binnewater Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Sawdust Ave., Breezy Hill and Binnewater Rds.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Rosendale","county":"Ulster County","state":"NY","lat":41.85763583900007,"lon":-74.08566296199996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-11-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A district of nine frame buildings clustered around a former Wallkill Valley Railroad depot at Binnewater, two miles north of Rosendale village in Ulster County, New York. The buildings date from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the buildings are closely tied to the Rosendale-area cement industry and to the railroad and tourist traffic that followed it. The district includes the only surviving depot on the old Wallkill Valley line, which is also noted for its architecture. The store and boarding house reflect the cement company's presence, and the Keator farm buildings reflect development meant to capture railroad traffic.","narrative":"Binnewater is a small cluster of nine frame buildings about two miles north of Rosendale in Ulster County, New York. At its center is the former Wallkill Valley Railroad depot, built soon after the line's 1872 incorporation, with a deeply overhanging slate roof, large scrolled brackets and an intact wainscotted waiting room. Nearby are a privy, a general store and post office, a boarding house, a livery stable, a wagon shed, two barns and a farm cottage, most built around 1900. The district is recognized for its link to the Rosendale cement industry, which supplied material for projects such as the Brooklyn Bridge. The store began as a company store of a cement works, and the boarding house likely lodged its employees. Keator family land, farmed since the eighteenth century, supplied the depot lot and five of the buildings. The depot is the only one left of the region's stations. Despite deterioration, the group remains visually cohesive.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899, 1900- (specific dates c.1872, c.1900)","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Vernacular frame buildings; the depot has a low-pitch hipped slate roof with scrolled brackets","criteria":[],"status_note":"Most structures are unoccupied or abandoned and show some deterioration from neglect, though the district retains its integrity; the Byrnes House is owner occupied and the Keator House is rented.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:43.367337-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/82001272.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001272/fd53362777-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001272/fd53362777-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"West Shore Railroad","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Binnewater_station.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">West Shore Railroad</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Binnewater_station.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75322546","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binnewater_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4914437"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/ulster-county/binnewater-historic-district-82001272/"}