{"nrhp_refnum":"87001068","name":"Fredenburg House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Old Post Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Rhinebeck","county":"Dutchess County","state":"NY","lat":41.90124787000008,"lon":-73.91215811499995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1987-07-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A rectangular, gable-roofed stone farmhouse on Old Post Road in Rhinebeck, Dutchess County, New York, built about 1716 by an unknown builder, with a later rear block and an early twentieth-century wing.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is a rare and distinctive example of eighteenth-century Hudson River regional German vernacular architecture. It shows how a one-room house grew into a two-room plan and retains a rare garret meat-smoking chamber. Its rural wooded setting also preserves a farm-like character.","narrative":"Built around 1716 on Old Post Road in Rhinebeck, this stone farmhouse is a rare survivor of the German vernacular building tradition in the mid-Hudson Valley. It is a rectangular, two-room house with a gable roof, a brick central chimney and a front gable end facing the road. Clapboard sheathes the gable ends, the main entrance is in the end wall, and the house is built into a hillside, all traits associated with German-built houses of the period. Inside, chamfered exposed beams, hand-hewn basement supports and a domed garret smoking chamber for meat survive. The house shows how a one-room dwelling was enlarged into a two-room plan served by one central chimney. Its builder and first occupants are unknown, though local tradition links it to the Fredenburg family, and by the mid-nineteenth century it belonged to the Livingston family as part of the Grasmere estate. Surrounding woods and farmland keep a farm-like setting on its 5.5-acre lot.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Regional vernacular stone farmhouse (Hudson River German vernacular tradition)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Private residence in good condition on its original site; the interior survives substantially intact and no threats 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 02:50:46.212322-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/87001068.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"90002219","name":"Hudson River Heritage Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/hudson-river-heritage-historic-district-90002219/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75312604","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fredenburg_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5496952"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/dutchess-county/fredenburg-house-87001068/"}