{"nrhp_refnum":"87000116","name":"Brower, Abraham, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2 Water St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New Hamburg","county":"Dutchess County","state":"NY","lat":41.58914456000008,"lon":-73.94968717599994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1987-02-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-bay, one-and-one-half-story brick Greek Revival house at 2 Water Street in New Hamburg, Town of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York, built about 1845 (the form's text also says the early 1840s), with a rear addition and an outbuilding.","why_significant":"The house is argued to be an intact, representative example of Greek Revival residential architecture in New Hamburg, similar in form and detail to the nearby Adolph Brower house. The two Brower houses are described as the oldest surviving structures in the hamlet that retain integrity. The property is also tied to New Hamburg's early commercial development through the lime kiln and quarry operation on the corner. Its interior woodwork and a cellar beehive oven add to its significance.","narrative":"Standing at the corner of Water and Division Streets in New Hamburg, this brick house was built around 1845 as a modest Greek Revival residence facing the Hudson River. It has three bays, one and one-half stories, a slate gable roof with returns, a wide cornice board broken by windows, and a full-length front porch with square columns and a spindled balustrade. A rear kitchen wing with eyebrow windows was added soon after construction, and a cellar beehive-shaped brick oven survives beneath it. Inside, a side-hall plan, parlors, mantels, doors and trim remain largely intact. A mid-nineteenth-century outbuilding, probably a boat house later adapted as a garage, also contributes. The lot was sold in 1841 to Abraham Brower, who was likely connected with the neighboring lime kiln and quarry works. The house is valued as a well-preserved local example of its style, closely matching the Adolph Brower house across the street, and as a reminder of the hamlet's early commercial life.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Condition is given as good, with a residential use that is unchanged from the original; no threats to the building are known.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:45.202776-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/87000116.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87000116/cf71f772e5-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87000116/cf71f772e5-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Daniel Case","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Abraham_Brower_House,_New_Hamburg,_NY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniel Case</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:Abraham_Brower_House,_New_Hamburg,_NY.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75312512","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Brower_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4668785"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/dutchess-county/brower-abraham-house-87000116/"}