{"nrhp_refnum":"87001090","name":"Free Church Parsonage","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Jct. of William and Grinnell Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Rhinecliff","county":"Dutchess County","state":"NY","lat":41.91756046900008,"lon":-73.95203773199995,"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 one and one-half story board-and-batten Gothic Revival cottage built about 1869 at the southeast corner of William and Grinnell Streets in the hamlet of Rhinecliff, Rhinebeck, Dutchess County, New York. It was built as a rectory for the Rhinecliff Episcopal Church.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as a distinctive, intact example of Picturesque Gothic Revival rural cottage architecture in the tradition of Andrew Jackson Downing and Alexander Jackson Davis. It is also tied to the Rhinecliff Episcopal Church and to philanthropist Mary Morton Miller, who funded it. Its surviving riverside setting and dry-laid stone wall add to its significance.","narrative":"Overlooking the Hudson River in the hamlet of Rhinecliff, this one and one-half story cottage was built around 1869 as a rectory for the Rhinecliff Episcopal Church, whose building stood across the street and burned in the 1970s. Funds came from Mary Morton Miller, a local philanthropist related to many of Rhinebeck's prominent families. The house has board-and-batten siding, a cross-gable roof, paired windows with Gothic and rounded-arch transoms, and polygonal bay windows. A broad front verandah was added in the early twentieth century. Its restrained decoration follows the rural cottage ideals of Andrew Jackson Downing. Inside, the double-pile plan with a center hall, original molded woodwork and a large kitchen fireplace remain largely intact. A dry-laid stone wall runs along the front of the lot. The property was listed as a rare, well-preserved example of Gothic Revival design in Rhinecliff and a reminder of the hamlet's mid-nineteenth century growth.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Picturesque Gothic Revival (Hudson River Gothic, Carpenter Gothic board-and-batten cottage)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Currently a private residence in good condition on its original site; the interior retains its original room layout and much original fabric.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:45.618075-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/87001090.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87001090/015976e499-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87001090/015976e499-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RhinecliffNY_FreeChurchParsonage.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Magicpiano</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RhinecliffNY_FreeChurchParsonage.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/75312622","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Church_Parsonage","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5499772"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/dutchess-county/free-church-parsonage-87001090/"}