{"nrhp_refnum":"88000916","name":"Horton, Joseph, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"NY 376, New Hackensack Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New Hackensack","county":"Dutchess County","state":"NY","lat":41.62317143200005,"lon":-73.87146951199998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1988-11-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Historic - Non-Aboriginal","Architecture","Exploration/Settlement"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-and-one-half-story Dutch vernacular frame farmhouse with a gambrel roof, built between 1752 and 1755 on Route 376 (New Hackensack Road) in New Hackensack, Dutchess County, New York. It stands on a 2.03-acre remnant of its original farm.","why_significant":"The house is argued to be a largely intact example of a mid-eighteenth-century Dutch house type more common in northern New Jersey and the lower Hudson Valley. It is also the earliest known surviving house in New Hackensack and documents the first settlement of Dutchess County's interior. Its form, construction and floor plan could also yield information on regional and ethnic variation in Dutch vernacular building.","narrative":"Built between 1752 and 1755, this one-and-one-half-story farmhouse on New Hackensack Road in Dutchess County, New York, is a Dutch vernacular dwelling with a flaring gambrel roof, a front porch and a brick-veneered three-bay facade. Its heavy timber frame rests on a mortared fieldstone cellar, and a kitchen wing was added by 1795. Inside, the house keeps winder stairs, exposed beams, paneled fireplace walls and wide pine flooring. Joseph Horton, who came from Long Island, built it on what was then a 250-acre farm; it was sold to John Cooke in 1760 and to William Seward in 1795. The house is considered significant as the earliest known surviving house in New Hackensack and as a rare, intact example of a house type more typical of northern New Jersey. Three wells, two stone walls and nineteenth-century archaeological remains also contribute to the 2.03-acre property, which remains a private residence.","period_of_significance":"circa 1750-1900","architect_builder":"Unknown (built by Joseph Horton, who arrived from Long Island, according to the form)","architectural_style":"Dutch Colonial (Dutch vernacular)","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still in use as a single-family dwelling; the form notes it retains a high degree of historical integrity.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:45.340647-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/88000916.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88000916/9e0b168f62-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88000916/9e0b168f62-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Crepoudutnysusa","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Joseph_Horton_House_side_angle_view.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Crepoudutnysusa</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Joseph_Horton_House_side_angle_view.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75317368","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Horton_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6284078"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/dutchess-county/horton-joseph-house-88000916/"}