{"nrhp_refnum":"84003242","name":"Lasher, George, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Levey Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Duanesburg","county":"Schenectady County","state":"NY","lat":42.836390172500046,"lon":-74.1540928650089,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-10-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, five-bay Federal style frame farmhouse known as Rainbow Hill, built about 1800 on a 183.5-acre farm on Levey Road in the town of Duanesburg, Schenectady County, New York.","why_significant":"It is a distinctive local example of early nineteenth century Federal residential architecture, with delicate detailing that makes it a more sophisticated interpretation than typical vernacular houses. It shows documented expansion from a \"two-thirds\" house to a full five-bay center-hall plan, and it is linked to a miller who managed the mills at Lake Maria. The intact complex of nineteenth-century outbuildings and the historic farm setting add to its significance.","narrative":"Rainbow Hill, also called the George Lasher House, is a two-story, five-bay frame farmhouse built about 1800 on a 183.5-acre farm along Levey Road in Duanesburg. Its gable roof has cornice returns, and the clapboard walls carry slender corner boards. A Palladian-inspired window marks the central bay above an entrance with slender pilasters, sidelights, a multi-paned fanlight and a shallow gabled hood. The house is considered a refined local example of Federal architecture, more fashionable than most vernacular dwellings of its time. Evidence inside and out shows it was enlarged from a \"two-thirds\" house to a full center-hall plan, one of only two such documented cases in the town. George Lasher came from Dutchess County at the request of James Duane to manage the mills at Lake Maria, and the house reflects the standing of the miller. Ten nineteenth-century outbuildings, including barns, sheds and a carriage barn, survive in the farm setting.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Federal","criteria":[],"status_note":"Private residence in excellent condition, with no known threats; the original residential use continues.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:42.641498-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/84003242.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75314542","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Lasher_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5541546"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/schenectady-county/lasher-george-house-84003242/"}