{"nrhp_refnum":"87001087","name":"Rhinecliff Hotel","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Schatzell Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Rhinecliff","county":"Dutchess County","state":"NY","lat":41.919725054000025,"lon":-73.95236409899996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1987-07-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A large L-shaped frame hotel built about 1855 on Schatzell Avenue in the hamlet of Rhinecliff, town of Rhinebeck, Dutchess County, New York, beside the Hudson River and railroad tracks. A four-stall carriage shed/garage on the lot is also counted as contributing.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the hotel is a distinctive example of the hotel architecture built at Hudson River landings in the later nineteenth century and is one of the last surviving river-front hotels in the Hudson Valley. It documents Rhinecliff's role first as a ferry landing and then as a railroad stop. It also reflects late Greek Revival and early Picturesque taste in the region.","narrative":"Built around 1855, this large L-shaped frame hotel sits on a steep, narrow lot at the west end of Schatzell Avenue in Rhinecliff, between the Hudson River railroad tracks and the village streets. It rises two stories on the east side and three on the riverside, with clapboard siding, a cross-gable metal roof, broad eaves with exposed rafters and a two-tiered verandah wrapping the west and north sides. Inside, long halls flanked by single boarding rooms survive on the upper floors, along with an original staircase in the south wing and early twentieth-century pressed-tin ceilings in the public rooms. The hotel is considered important as one of the last surviving river-front hotels in the Hudson Valley and as evidence of how Rhinecliff grew from a ferry and steamboat landing into a railroad-side commercial center. Its restrained Picturesque details reflect mid-nineteenth-century regional taste, and a four-stall carriage shed recalls the carriage era. It has operated continuously, serving travellers, boarders and local patrons.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Architect unknown; builder George Veitch (according to local tradition)","architectural_style":"Late Greek Revival/early Picturesque","criteria":[],"status_note":"In good condition and in continuous use as a hotel with a tavern; the form describes it as in full occupation.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:45.365864-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/87001087.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87001087/a0c898ac57-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87001087/a0c898ac57-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Doug Kerr from Albany, New York, United States","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rhinecliff_Hotel_Jun_11.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Doug Kerr from Albany, New York, United States</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rhinecliff_Hotel_Jun_11.jpg"},"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/75312708","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhinecliff_Hotel","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7320563"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/dutchess-county/rhinecliff-hotel-87001087/"}