{"nrhp_refnum":"85002280","name":"Beaverkill Valley Inn","other_names":["The Bonnie View"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Beaverkill Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lew Beach","county":"Ulster County","state":"NY","lat":42.02307898300006,"lon":-74.75134849990631,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-09-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Entertainment/Recreation"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story frame inn, originally called the Bonnie View, built in 1895 on a roughly 60-acre property along the upper Beaverkill River in Lew Beach, town of Hardenburgh, Ulster County, New York, in the Catskill Mountains.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the inn is one of the oldest surviving hotels built in the Catskills for sport fishermen. It is a rare, largely intact example of the small hotels local residents ran for anglers during the formative years of American dry-fly fishing. It has operated continuously since it opened and reflects the recreational use of the Catskill rivers.","narrative":"Built in 1895 on a narrow grassy plain beside the upper Beaverkill River in Ulster County, New York, the Beaverkill Valley Inn, first called the Bonnie View, is an L-shaped two-story frame hotel with intersecting gable roofs, large dormers, clapboard siding, a central cupola and a veranda along three sides. Inside, the two original parlors keep their oak trim and brick and stone fireplaces, and the oak stairway has a turned balustrade. Later changes include a 1983 rear addition, enlarged bathrooms and enclosed porch space. The inn matters because it is one of the oldest surviving Catskill hotels built for sport fishermen, from the period when the region became known for American dry-fly fishing. Railroads had brought city anglers to the Catskills, and local residents opened lodging for them. Only three such historic hotels remain operating, and this inn has run continuously since opening. The inn and the creek are the contributing resources; the altered barns, tennis courts and pump house are not.","period_of_significance":"1895","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in excellent condition and in continuous operation as an inn since its opening; the historic barns have been enlarged and altered and no longer contribute.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:45.74815-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/85002280.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85002280/a6b125d19f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85002280/a6b125d19f-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Peter Bond from Philadelphia, USA. Cropped and color-corrected by Daniel Case on date of upload","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Beaverkill_Valley_Inn.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Peter Bond from Philadelphia, USA. Cropped and color-corrected by Daniel Case on date of upload</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Beaverkill_Valley_Inn.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75322542","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaverkill_Valley_Inn","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4878251"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/ulster-county/beaverkill-valley-inn-85002280/"}