{"nrhp_refnum":"87000121","name":"Shay, William, Double House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"18 Point St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New Hamburg","county":"Dutchess County","state":"NY","lat":41.587072103000025,"lon":-73.94960078499997,"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 two-story brick double house with a raised basement at 18 Point Street in the hamlet of New Hamburg, Town of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York, built around 1870 as a two-family residence.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is a distinctive example of vernacular Picturesque architecture with Gothic Revival detailing and a rare case of large-scale speculative housing in New Hamburg. Its decorated brickwork, interiors and glazed vestibule are unusually refined for rental housing. It reflects the prosperity of the hamlet during the era of river commerce.","narrative":"Built around 1870 at 18 Point Street in New Hamburg, this two-story brick double house sits on a small corner lot near the Hudson River. It has a raised basement, a steep gable roof, a high central wall dormer with trefoil detail, and a wooden cornice with paired brackets and acorn pendants. Windows have stone sills and brick relieving arches, and a glazed wooden vestibule porch serves the two entrances. William Shay, a dealer in rags and cotton waste, built it in the early 1870s. Whether it housed his employees or served general rental use is unknown. The house is considered significant as a restrained Gothic Revival design in the Picturesque tradition, uncommon for utilitarian two-family housing, and as a rare example of large-scale speculative building in the hamlet. Its brick craftsmanship and plaster-ornamented interiors point to the prosperity of New Hamburg's river commerce. The house remains a double residence, with a later garage at the rear.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Picturesque / Gothic Revival (vernacular, with Carpenter Gothic details)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Still used as a double residence; condition listed as deteriorated, with a non-contributing early twentieth century garage on the lot.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:46.109094-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/87000121.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87000121/18b3588fdd-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87000121/18b3588fdd-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Daniel Case","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:William_Shays_Double_House.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:William_Shays_Double_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75312494","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shay_Double_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8018350"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/dutchess-county/shay-william-double-house-87000121/"}