{"nrhp_refnum":"85000629","name":"Sternbergh House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Oak Hill Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Schoharie","county":"Schoharie County","state":"NY","lat":42.701279002000035,"lon":-74.05679415357811,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-03-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story vernacular Federal style farmhouse on Oak Hill Road, about three miles north of Schoharie village in Schoharie County, New York, believed to have been built around 1825. The 14.6-acre nominated property also includes the 1813 grave of Abraham Sternbergh.","why_significant":"The house is argued to be a distinctive and largely intact example of vernacular Federal style domestic architecture, with a five-bay center-entrance facade typical of the region. It also reflects the shift from Palatine German to Anglo building traditions in the Schoharie Valley. Its retained acreage, family grave and nineteenth-century use as a tavern link it to the valley's settlement history.","narrative":"Three miles north of Schoharie village, on Oak Hill Road, stands a two-story farmhouse thought to date from about 1825. Heavy timber framing filled with brick nogging supports a five-bay, center-entrance front with clapboard siding. Federal style details include a six-panel door with sidelights and transom, twelve-over-twelve windows, a denticulated cornice and a paneled parlor mantel. A one-story rear ell was added around 1950. The 14.6-acre property keeps part of the land bought in 1748 by Lambert Sternbergh, whose family arrived in the valley in 1711, and holds the 1813 grave of his son Abraham. The house later served as a tavern, according to an 1882 county history and oral tradition. It was listed for its architecture, as a well-preserved local interpretation of the Federal style, and for its ties to the settlement and development of the Schoharie Valley.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Vernacular Federal","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied as a private residence; rehabilitated around 1950 and altered by a non-historic rear ell.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:42.266737-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/85000629.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85000629/174391736c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85000629/174391736c-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Alanaquinn1","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Abraham_Sternbergh_House,_Schoharie,_New_York.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Alanaquinn1</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Abraham_Sternbergh_House,_Schoharie,_New_York.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75321778","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sternbergh_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7611550"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/schoharie-county/sternbergh-house-85000629/"}