{"nrhp_refnum":"84002395","name":"Bronck Farm 13-Sided Barn","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Old Kings Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Coxsackie","county":"Greene County","state":"NY","lat":42.34621811900007,"lon":-73.84466174299996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-09-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Agriculture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 13-sided frame dairy barn about 70 feet in diameter, built c. 1832 on the grounds of the Pieter Bronck House on the west side of Old Kings Road near Coxsackie, Greene County, New York.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is the earliest known central plan dairy barn in New York State. It was apparently inspired by the 1824 round stone Shaker barn at Hancock, Massachusetts, which burned in 1864. No similar early examples have been identified, so it is important for understanding how this building type developed.","narrative":"Near Coxsackie in Greene County, New York, a 13-sided frame barn about 70 feet across stands on the grounds of the Pieter Bronck House. Built around 1832 for Leonard Bronck and completed by a contractor known as Lampman, it has clapboard walls, a hipped roof, an octagonal cupola and a partly below-grade mortared stone foundation. Inside, mortised timber panels of 8-inch posts and lintels are tied together at the top plates, and a central pole rises to the roof apex. A rectangular wing on the west side, which probably housed the herd, was demolished around 1963. The barn is considered the earliest known central plan dairy barn in New York State. Its design appears to have been inspired by the round stone Shaker barn built in Hancock, Massachusetts, in 1824, which burned in 1864. Bronck likely wanted to enclose hay storage with minimal material. Despite the lost wing, the barn keeps enough integrity to illustrate the early development of this building type.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Architect unknown; built for Leonard Bronck and completed by a contractor referred to as Lampman","architectural_style":"Central plan dairy barn (13-sided)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in good condition and well maintained; a rectangular west wing was demolished c. 1963. The form lists present use as vacant.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:41.757647-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/84002395.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002395/730de76e89-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002395/730de76e89-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Basvb","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bronck_Farm_13-Sided_Barn_-_01.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Basvb</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:Bronck_Farm_13-Sided_Barn_-_01.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75313080","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronck_Farm_13-Sided_Barn","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4973836"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/greene-county/bronck-farm-13-sided-barn-84002395/"}