{"nrhp_refnum":"83001813","name":"Brykill","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Bruynswick Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Gardiner","county":"Ulster County","state":"NY","lat":41.665231902000045,"lon":-74.21621165773308,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-09-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Brykill is a stone country estate house with service outbuildings on Bruynswick Road in Gardiner, Ulster County, New York. The oldest part dates to about 1720, with an enlargement in 1736 by Isaac Smedes and a major restoration and expansion in 1927 designed by architect Myron Teller.","why_significant":"The nomination argues Brykill is architecturally significant as an early twentieth century expression of reverence for the traditional rural stone architecture of Ulster County. It is described as the grandest and most extensive work of local architect Myron Teller, known for restoring early Dutch houses. It shows how the local vernacular tradition was blended into the national Colonial Revival interest.","narrative":"Brykill is a stone country estate on Bruynswick Road in Gardiner, Ulster County, set along the Shawangunk Kill on about 180 acres of landscaped and farm land. Its earliest section was probably built about 1720 by Isaac Smedes, who enlarged it in 1736. William E. Bruyn, a descendant of the original land grantees, bought the property in 1926 and commissioned architect Myron Teller to restore and enlarge it in 1927. Teller added a second floor, a breezeway and a west wing, and copied early shutters, strap hinges, latches, panelled walls and mantels from surviving originals. Bruyn also built into the house a date stone salvaged from the Jacobus Bruyn homestead. The estate includes a caretaker's cottage, carriage house and stable, garage, spring house and a gazebo of about 1890. It is valued as the largest example of Teller's work and as an early twentieth century gentleman's estate that honors the regional stone building tradition within a Colonial Revival outlook.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Architect: Myron Teller (1927); builders: Isaac Smedes (1720 and 1736), unknown (1927)","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival, incorporating the local Ulster County vernacular stone building tradition","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition listed as good; present use is still a residence, with a 1927 restoration and enlargement noted as the major alteration.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:41.827241-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/83001813.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001813/71e0c2fa76-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001813/71e0c2fa76-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Daniel Case","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brykill,_Gardiner,_NY.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:Brykill,_Gardiner,_NY.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75315262","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brykill_Farm","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4980782"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/ulster-county/brykill-83001813/"}