{"nrhp_refnum":"83001818","name":"Jansen, Johannes, House and Dutch Barn","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Decker Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Shawangunk","county":"Ulster County","state":"NY","lat":41.667064702500056,"lon":-74.2650589211348,"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":"A stone farmhouse with an adjoining Dutch barn and corn crib on Decker Road, west of Rutsonville in the town of Shawangunk, Ulster County, New York. The early wing dates to about 1750, the larger house to about 1800, and the barn to about 1760.","why_significant":"The house is presented as a distinctive example of Federal style stone architecture built with traditional regional methods. Its symmetrical two-story center hall plan is unique among the stone houses in the multiple resource area and shows a shift from the older in-line room arrangement. The Dutch barn is one of only two surviving in the area and keeps its original framing largely intact.","narrative":"Along Decker Road west of Rutsonville, a stone farmhouse, a Dutch barn and a corn crib stand together on a farm of about 40 acres. The oldest part of the house is a one-story stone wing built around 1750 by Johannes Jansen, with a single room and a large fireplace. After his death in 1803, his nephew John Jansen added a two-story, five-bay stone section with a center hall, and the earlier wing became part of the larger house. Iron anchor ends marked with the initials J J are visible under the south eave. Inside, the rooms show Federal, Greek Revival and Italianate details. The barn, built about 1760, keeps its mortised, tenoned and pegged frame and is one of only two surviving Dutch barns in the Shawangunk Valley survey area. The corn crib is also a rare survivor. Together the buildings show how local Dutch-descended builders adapted traditional methods to newer formal styles.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Architect unknown; builder Jansen family","architectural_style":"Federal, with late Greek Revival and Italianate interior detailing","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition is listed as fair; the property is still used as a residence, as it was originally. The interior is not accessible to the public.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:41.392929-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/83001818.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001818/ad4f9ca01c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001818/ad4f9ca01c-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Daniel Case","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Johannes_Jansen_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:Johannes_Jansen_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75315208","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Jansen_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6216774"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/ulster-county/jansen-johannes-house-and-dutch-barn-83001818/"}