{"nrhp_refnum":"88000211","name":"Sunnyside","other_names":["Styles,S.D.,Summer Residence"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"72 E. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Richfield Springs","county":"Otsego County","state":"NY","lat":42.852114639000035,"lon":-74.97781445399994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1988-03-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Sunnyside is a two-story shingled frame summer house at 72 East Main Street in Richfield Springs, Otsego County, New York, built in 1890 for Samuel D. Styles. It sits on a lot of about three acres with a small carriage barn, also built in 1890.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a distinguished example of late nineteenth century residential architecture in Richfield Springs, built during the town's heyday as a fashionable summer resort. It combines Picturesque Movement elements with Shingle style detailing and keeps a high degree of integrity, including its lake-view setting and original carriage house. It is one of fewer than a dozen surviving resources of its type and period.","narrative":"Sunnyside is a shingled frame summer house built in 1890 on East Main Street in Richfield Springs, facing Canadarago Lake to the south. Samuel D. Styles, a New York City banker and printer, had it built by local contractor John Williams; the designer is unknown. The house has a gabled main block, a porch and porte-cochère on rubble limestone piers, bay windows and stained-glass stair windows. A 1909 addition at the rear added kitchen and pantry space and a servants' staircase. Inside, Colonial Revival fireplaces, a coffered dining room ceiling and an elaborate staircase stand out. A matching carriage barn with a cupola and weathervane survives behind the house. The property reflects the Picturesque tradition and Shingle style taste of wealthy visitors who made Richfield Springs a leading summer resort. After the resort declined from about 1920, most comparable houses and hotels were lost, leaving Sunnyside as one of fewer than a dozen of its kind.","period_of_significance":"1890-1909","architect_builder":"John Williams (Richfield Springs)","architectural_style":"Shingle style with Picturesque Movement elements; Colonial Revival interior details","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as occupied and used as a private residence. It served as a funeral home from 1973 to 1981, and the carriage barn has had minor alterations.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:45.772379-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/88000211.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"95001282","name":"East Main Street Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/east-main-street-historic-district-95001282/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75320988","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunnyside_(Richfield_Springs,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16900914"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/otsego-county/sunnyside-88000211/"}