{"nrhp_refnum":"86000491","name":"Houghtaling, Peter, Farm and Lime Kiln","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Lime Kiln Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"West Coxsackie","county":"Greene County","state":"NY","lat":42.39269716250004,"lon":-73.85449366791573,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-03-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Agriculture","Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 154-acre upland farm on Lime Kiln Road in West Coxsackie, Greene County, New York, established in 1790 and including a 1794 stone farmhouse, outbuildings, barns, a family cemetery and a mid-nineteenth-century lime kiln.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the farm is a rare and largely intact complex showing the settlement patterns, Dutch cultural traditions, construction practices and livelihood of upland farm families in Greene County between 1790 and 1910. The 1794 stone house reflects the vernacular Dutch building tradition of the upper Hudson Valley. The lime kiln is described as a rare surviving example, and the farm keeps its historic relationships and setting.","narrative":"Set in a sparsely settled upland area near Coxsackie, this 154-acre farm was started in 1790 when Thomas Houghtaling set aside land for his son Peter. The centerpiece is a one-and-one-half story stone farmhouse built in 1794, with datestones bearing both men's initials. Its rectangular, center-hall plan and rubble walls follow the Dutch vernacular tradition of the upper Hudson Valley. Around it are a well, smokehouse, privy, three nineteenth-century barns, early twentieth-century outbuildings, a walled family burial plot and orchards of apple and pear trees. A mid-nineteenth-century limestone lime kiln stands beside the Kalkberg, reflecting the area's growing lime industry. The farm is considered significant because these buildings, structures and landscape features keep their historic relationships and show how upland families adapted from grain to fruit, hay and lime as cash sources between 1790 and 1910. A modern greenhouse and a rebuilt woodshed are the only non-contributing features.","period_of_significance":"c. 1790-c. 1910","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Dutch vernacular tradition of the upper Hudson Valley (farmhouse)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as occupied and in use as a private residence and for agriculture; condition described as good and altered, on its original site.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:44.685548-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/86000491.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86000491/455e1cf1b4-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86000491/455e1cf1b4-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"RobertDrake2015","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Peter_Houghtaling_Farm_and_Lime_Kiln_11-10-2016.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">RobertDrake2015</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:Peter_Houghtaling_Farm_and_Lime_Kiln_11-10-2016.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75317976","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Houghtaling_Farm_and_Lime_Kiln","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14707180"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/greene-county/houghtaling-peter-farm-and-lime-kiln-86000491/"}