{"nrhp_refnum":"82005386","name":"Plumbush","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"NY 9D between Peekskill and Moffet Rds.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Philipstown","county":"Putnam County","state":"NY","lat":41.41910276900006,"lon":-73.94178105699996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1992-01-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Military","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Plumbush is a picturesque-style farmhouse on Route 9D near the village of Cold Spring, in Philipstown, Putnam County, New York, built circa 1865 on the former farm of Robert Parker Parrott. The 9.3-acre nominated property has two contributing buildings and two noncontributing ones.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is architecturally significant as a well-documented example of a Downing-inspired picturesque farmhouse. Its architect, George E. Harney, published its plans and engravings in an 1870 book, allowing a rare comparison of design and construction. It is also historically significant as the home of Robert Parker Parrott, inventor of the Parrott gun and projectiles and a key figure in the West Point Foundry and Civil War artillery.","narrative":"Plumbush is a farmhouse on Route 9D near Cold Spring, Putnam County, New York, designed by local architect George E. Harney and built around 1865 on the estate of Robert Parker Parrott. It has a square two-story main block with a hipped roof, a one-story section to the east, and a third section with decorative gable trim. A patterned slate roof, dormers, large chimneys and a veranda with a rounded corner give it a picturesque character influenced by Andrew Jackson Downing's pattern books. Harney published the plans and engravings in an 1870 book, so the design is unusually well documented. Parrott, a West Point graduate, became superintendent of the West Point Foundry, where he developed the Parrott rifled cannon and exploding projectiles used widely by the Union Army in the Civil War. Around 1971 the house became a restaurant, and two single-story wings were added out of public view. Only 9.3 acres of the original sixty-five-acre farm remain.","period_of_significance":"circa 1865","architect_builder":"George E. Harney","architectural_style":"Mid-19th Century/Gothic Revival","criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"Converted to a restaurant circa 1971, with two single-story wings added; the wood house east of the farmhouse is now used as a residence.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:45.273472-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/82005386.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82005386/de8d01a4b3-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82005386/de8d01a4b3-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Daniel Case","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Plumbush.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:Plumbush.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75314408","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plumbush","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4165373"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/putnam-county/plumbush-82005386/"}