{"nrhp_refnum":"87000123","name":"Shay's Warehouse and Stable","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Rear of 32 Point St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New Hamburg","county":"Dutchess County","state":"NY","lat":41.587337897000054,"lon":-73.94911658399997,"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-part, two-story stone and brick warehouse and stable complex built about 1865 behind 32 Point Street in the hamlet of New Hamburg, Town of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York, for rag dealer William Shay.","why_significant":"The building is argued to be a distinctive example of commercial architecture in New Hamburg, with an unusually elaborate corbelled brick cornice reflecting Italianate and Picturesque taste. It is also the only intact waterfront building left from New Hamburg's days as a river port, tied to the transshipment of cotton waste from nearby mills.","narrative":"Built about 1865 for rag dealer William Shay, this L-shaped complex of connected stone and brick sections sits on a hillside near the Hudson River in New Hamburg. One section is a squarish two-story warehouse and the other a stable. Both have low hipped metal roofs, and the warehouse carries a louvered ventilator with a weathervane. Its most notable feature is a corbelled brick cornice that imitates brackets and moldings, interrupted by arched wall dormers. The warehouse keeps its original six-over-six windows, wagon doors and open interior floors, while the stable has lost its stalls and gained an overhead door. Shay collected cotton waste from mills in Poughkeepsie and Wappingers Falls and shipped it on, and the stable and wagon house served the handoff between water and land transport. Locally called the Rag Factory, it is the only intact waterfront building recalling New Hamburg's role as a river port, and it is unusually ornate for a commercial structure.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Architect and builder unknown; built for rag dealer William Shay","architectural_style":"Italianate (Picturesque/Romantic revival influence)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Originally a rag business and stables; present use given as storage, with condition rated fair and no threats known. The stable interior was altered for commercial reuse.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:45.431408-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/87000123.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87000123/167a17a571-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87000123/167a17a571-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Daniel Case","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shay%27s_Warehouse_and_Stable.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:Shay%27s_Warehouse_and_Stable.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75312600","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shay%27s_Warehouse_and_Stable","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7491615"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/dutchess-county/shays-warehouse-and-stable-87000123/"}