{"nrhp_refnum":"86003728","name":"Belhurst Castle","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Lochland Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Geneva","county":"Ontario County","state":"NY","lat":42.83878367850005,"lon":-76.97643350773157,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1987-01-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Belhurst Castle is a three-story Richardsonian Romanesque mansion of Medina sandstone on a 23.5-acre site on the western shore of Seneca Lake, along Lochland Road at the southern edge of Geneva, New York. It was built in 1888-91.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it an outstanding example of a Richardsonian Romanesque mansion in the central New York Finger Lakes region. It keeps its original decorative features and a remarkably intact interior. It is also a documented work of Albany architect Albert W. Fuller and was published in the 1891 fifth edition of his book Artistic Homes.","narrative":"Overlooking Seneca Lake at the southern edge of Geneva, New York, Belhurst Castle is a three-story mansion built in 1888-91 for Carrie Young Harron Collins. Albany architect Albert W. Fuller designed it in the Richardsonian Romanesque style. Its walls are rock-faced Medina sandstone, and it has a large slate gable roof, towers with conical and pyramidal roofs, a porte-cochère with wide Syrian arches, and a varied mix of window shapes. Inside, each main room is finished in a different wood, such as oak, cherry, mahogany or walnut, with carved ornament and distinctive fireplace mantels. The interior is largely unaltered. The house was built on land once used for an early glass factory, and it replaced an earlier Gothic Revival house demolished in 1888. Fuller's design appeared in the 1891 edition of his book Artistic Homes. The property later became a restaurant and casino in 1933 and continues as a restaurant and inn. The nomination credits the house with illustrating the craftsmanship and taste of America's upper class in the late nineteenth century.","period_of_significance":"1888-91","architect_builder":"Albert W. Fuller","architectural_style":"Richardsonian Romanesque","criteria":[],"status_note":"In excellent condition and occupied; in commercial use as a combined restaurant and inn, with the former carriage house and ice house converted to guest houses.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:45.60726-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/86003728.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86003728/9d9907e3e8-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86003728/9d9907e3e8-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"RochesterNY","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Belhurst_Castle.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">RochesterNY</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Belhurst_Castle.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75320493","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belhurst_Castle","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4882722"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/ontario-county/belhurst-castle-86003728/"}