{"nrhp_refnum":"83001821","name":"Terwilliger House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Hoagerburgh Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Shawangunk","county":"Ulster County","state":"NY","lat":41.64990850300006,"lon":-74.20299237627111,"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 one-story frame dwelling with a stone foundation on Hoagerburgh Road near the hamlet of Bruynswick, in the town of Shawangunk, Ulster County, New York. Built about 1766-1800 by the Terwilliger family.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a rare surviving eighteenth-century frame structure with distinctive vernacular Federal additions and alterations. Surviving early features include the remains of the enclosed stairway, the large cellar chimney base, the Dutch door and some beaded clapboard siding. Federal-period elements such as the tapered stair handrail, molded parlor mantel and symmetrical center-hall plan are also intact. It appears to be the ancestral home of the Terwilliger family in Shawangunk.","narrative":"Set on open land at the fork of Hoagerburgh Road and Burnt Meadow Road, east of Bruynswick, this one-story frame house dates from about 1766 to 1800 and was built by the Terwilliger family. It has a stone foundation, a five-bay west front with a central sectioned Dutch door, and chimneys at both gable ends. Inside, a center hall divides two rooms on each side, and the cellar holds a massive chimney base and a cooking fireplace with bake oven. Some early beaded clapboards survive, and rear additions were made in the 1940s. The house is valued as a rare surviving eighteenth-century frame building that was enlarged and updated in the Federal period. Local histories cite a 1766 date and place it near the old Indian fort. Members of the Terwilliger family lived in Shawangunk from its earliest years, and this house appears to be their ancestral home. The nominated parcel covers about 68 acres of surviving family land.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Architect unknown; builder Terwilliger family","architectural_style":"Federal","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed in good condition, still used as a residence, with rear additions from the 1940s and no known threats.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:43.53686-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/83001821.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001821/3d1b702cb9-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001821/3d1b702cb9-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Daniel Case","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Terwilliger_House,_Shawangunk,_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:Terwilliger_House,_Shawangunk,_NY.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75315210","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terwilliger_House_(Shawangunk,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7705377"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/ulster-county/terwilliger-house-83001821/"}