{"nrhp_refnum":"86002772","name":"Bull, William, III, House","other_names":["Brick Castle"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Bart Bull Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Montgomery","county":"Orange County","state":"NY","lat":41.472934818000056,"lon":-74.28902383278265,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-09-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A brick farmhouse known as Brick Castle, built about 1780 and renovated about 1830, on a ridge above the Wallkill River near Montgomery, Orange County, New York. It sits on about 113 acres of continuously farmed land with a Victorian carriage barn.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a distinguished example of the British vernacular masonry tradition in Orange County, showing change from the Federal to the Greek Revival period. It is also tied to the Bull family, early settlers who became prominent local leaders. Its brick construction was rare in the county, and it is an outstanding example of the side-passage house type.","narrative":"Brick Castle is a farmhouse on a ridge overlooking the Wallkill River valley near Montgomery in Orange County, New York. William Bull III built it around 1780, after the Revolutionary War, using local pinkish brick, which was unusual in a county where stone and frame were the norm. The two-story main block has four rooms, a kitchen wing, and originally a gambrel roof. Around 1830 the roof became a gable and Greek Revival trim was added, while the eighteenth-century stair, entrance door and several mantels were kept. The house is an outstanding example of the side-passage type common in the county. It also reflects the Bull family, descended from William Bull I, an English stonemason who arrived in 1716 and built up large landholdings. The farm has stayed in the family for seven generations. About 113 acres of cultivated fields, stone walls and a Victorian carriage barn preserve the setting.","period_of_significance":"1700-1799, 1800-1899","architect_builder":"Builder/architect unknown (erected by William Bull III, according to the text)","architectural_style":"Federal and Greek Revival; British vernacular side-passage house","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied private residence; described as remarkably intact to its 1830 renovation, with farmland still cultivated.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:46.007076-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/86002772.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002772/69b1fafb44-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002772/69b1fafb44-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"The original uploader was Daniel Case at English Wikipedia.","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:William_Bull_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">The original uploader was Daniel Case at English Wikipedia.</a>, <a href=\"http://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:William_Bull_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75320594","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Bull_III_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8006119"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/orange-county/bull-william-iii-house-86002772/"}