{"nrhp_refnum":"83003920","name":"Clarkson Chapel","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"NY 9G","address_restricted":false,"city":"Clermont","county":"Columbia County","state":"NY","lat":42.093744686000036,"lon":-73.89617633999995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-10-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small one-story Gothic Revival wood frame chapel with board and batten siding, on the west side of Route 9G in Clermont, Columbia County, New York. It was built about 1860 on a roughly 1.1 acre parcel divided from the Clarkson estate.","why_significant":"The chapel is considered a distinctive example of modest, mid-nineteenth century Gothic Revival rural church architecture, with unusual scrolled window and door hoods and a free-standing bell-cote. It is also tied to the prominent Livingston family through Levinus Clarkson, who built it on his Southwood estate after leaving St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Tivoli.","narrative":"Clarkson Chapel is a small Gothic Revival church on Route 9G in Clermont, built around 1860 by Levinus Clarkson and Mary Livingston Clarkson on their Southwood estate. It is a one-story wood frame building with board and batten siding, a steeply pitched gable roof, and a central double doorway under a transom. Scrolled brackets support projecting hoods over every window and the door, and louvered shutters survive. Inside, painted wooden pews flank a center aisle, with hanging lanterns, a cast-iron wood-burning stove and a later pump organ. A free-standing bell-cote stands southeast of the chapel. Clarkson built it as an Episcopal chapel after a bitter dispute in 1854 led him to leave St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Tivoli. Its personal, rudimentary treatment of Gothic elements sets it apart from nearby St. Luke's Church, and its link to the Livingston family adds to its importance. It remains well maintained and is still used on special occasions.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Architect unknown; builder Levinus and Mary Livingston Clarkson","architectural_style":"Gothic Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as intact, well maintained and in excellent condition; still used for special occasions.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:42.443935-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/83003920.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83003920/66e33e2c23-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83003920/66e33e2c23-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Daniel Case","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Clarkson_Chapel,_Clermont,_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:Clarkson_Chapel,_Clermont,_NY.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"90002219","name":"Hudson River Heritage Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/hudson-river-heritage-historic-district-90002219/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75312433","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarkson_Chapel","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5127632"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/columbia-county/clarkson-chapel-83003920/"}