{"nrhp_refnum":"87001093","name":"Grasmere","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Mill Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Rhinebeck","county":"Dutchess County","state":"NY","lat":41.914128792500065,"lon":-73.91075740892427,"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":"Grasmere is an estate of about 60 acres just south of Rhinebeck village in Dutchess County, New York. It has a brick manor house (ca. 1824, enlarged 1861-2 and 1907-8), two tenant houses (ca. 1916), a stone barn and stable complex, support buildings and the remains of formal gardens.","why_significant":"The nomination argues Grasmere is a distinguished example of Hudson Valley estate architecture, with a manor house that grew in stages from a Federal-style country seat. It is also tied to prominent families, including the Montgomerys, Livingstons, Crosbys and Timpsons. Its intact buildings, setting and landscape show how such estates evolved into a commercial farm in the early twentieth century.","narrative":"Grasmere is an estate of roughly sixty acres just south of Rhinebeck village, built around a three-story brick manor house. The core of the house dates to about 1824, when Peter R. Livingston rebuilt it on the site of a Georgian mansion begun by General Richard Montgomery and Janet Livingston Montgomery and destroyed by fire in 1823. A third story was added in 1861-2, and a west wing followed in the early twentieth century. Two stuccoed tenant houses of about 1916 mark the northern end of the property. To the south, a large stone barn and stable complex from about 1901 sits with sheds and corn cribs. Remains of formal gardens, including a brick balustrade, a stone pond and stone gateposts, show how the landscape shifted from formal to picturesque and back to formal. The estate matters for its link to leading Hudson Valley families and as a surviving example of how a country seat became a working farm.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Federal style manor house with later classically inspired additions; medieval-inspired stone barn","criteria":[],"status_note":"Manor house in residential use, condition listed as good; no threats known.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:46.230313-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/87001093.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87001093/43ad9ffd45-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87001093/43ad9ffd45-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RhinebeckNY_Grasmere_EntranceGate.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:RhinebeckNY_Grasmere_EntranceGate.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/75312700","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grasmere_(Rhinebeck,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5597399"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/dutchess-county/grasmere-87001093/"}