{"nrhp_refnum":"83003919","name":"Brodhead, Thomas, House","other_names":["The Brick House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"US 9","address_restricted":false,"city":"Clermont","county":"Columbia County","state":"NY","lat":42.090215329000046,"lon":-73.82199480899999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-10-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, three-bay Federal style brick residence known as The Brick House, on Route 9 at Buckwheat Bridge Road in Clermont, Columbia County, New York, built around 1795 for Dr. Thomas Brodhead.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the house as a distinctive example of Federal style architecture that blends Federal forms with conservative local Dutch vernacular elements. Its compact three-bay facade is described as a stylistic upgrade over the conventional five-bay plan, and the interior survives largely intact. It is also tied to the Brodhead family medical practice and its role as a medical school.","narrative":"Built around 1795, this brick house at the corner of Route 9 and Buckwheat Bridge Road in Clermont, Columbia County, was the home and office of Dr. Thomas Brodhead, a prominent county physician. It is a two-story, three-bay Federal style residence with a hipped roof, four tall chimneys and a central entrance with an arched transom and window-like sidelights. A gambrel-roofed brick wing on the east side recalls earlier Dutch-influenced buildings. The compact three-bay facade departs from the usual five-bay center-hall plan, and the broad doorway echoes local Dutch tradition. Inside, the hall does not run the full depth of the house, and a concealed stair has a mahogany balustrade and rail. Brodhead also used the house as a medical school and dormitory for his students, and later family physicians continued the practice. A brick smoke house stands on the 1.8-acre parcel, which is the surviving land historically associated with the house.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"D. Brodhead (stated as the builder of the house, c.1795)","architectural_style":"Federal","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in good condition, in residential use, on its original site; the interior is described as virtually intact.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:42.265449-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/83003919.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83003919/ae7269c29e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83003919/ae7269c29e-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Daniel Case","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thomas_Brodhead_House,_Clermont,_NY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniel Case</a>, <a href=\"https://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:Thomas_Brodhead_House,_Clermont,_NY.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75312379","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Brodhead_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7787917"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/columbia-county/brodhead-thomas-house-83003919/"}