{"nrhp_refnum":"89000302","name":"Crum Elbow Meeting House and Cemetery","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Quaker Ln.","address_restricted":false,"city":"East Park","county":"Dutchess County","state":"NY","lat":41.804969493000044,"lon":-73.86599788199999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-04-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Religion"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, white-painted wood-frame Quaker meeting house set within a rural Friends' cemetery on Quaker Lane near East Park, town of Hyde Park, Dutchess County, New York. The eastern section was built about 1797-1798 and the western half was added about 1810.","why_significant":"It is argued to be a rare example of a traditional Quaker meeting house that shows two distinct phases of Quaker building tradition. The east section is the only surviving example of the early square, unequally divided plan in Dutchess County. The interior keeps nearly complete integrity from 1810, and the building was the only one in the county built in planned stages. The adjoining cemetery contributes to its significance.","narrative":"Crum Elbow Meeting House is a white-painted, two-story frame building on Quaker Lane near East Park in Hyde Park, Dutchess County. It sits in the middle of a rural cemetery that began as the Friends' burial ground. One section was built about 1797-1798 for Friends who had branched off from the Nine Partners Meeting, and the meeting doubled its space with an addition around 1810. The original square plan had unequally divided rooms, and it survives as the only example of that early phase in the county. The completed building has a symmetrical front with two entrances, a central sliding partition, rising and facing benches, and a gallery. Differences in detail between the two halves reflect the Quaker preference for plainness. The meeting stayed loyal to the Hicksite branch after the 1828 separation and met until about 1890. Since 1913 a cemetery association has owned the property, and the building still hosts funerals, weddings and memorial services.","period_of_significance":"c. 1797 - c. 1890","architect_builder":"Committee of Friends (Silas Bunter, Stephen Bull, Jedidiah Tallman, Daniel Dean) appointed in 1797 to assist in planning; John Briggs, a meeting member, reported builder of the eastern addition","architectural_style":"Quaker meeting house (traditional galleried form)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition listed as excellent and the building remains in use as a meeting house, used for funerals, weddings, memorial services and annual meetings; interior accessible by appointment.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:44.915065-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/89000302.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89000302/803144e259-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89000302/803144e259-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Brother Grilka","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Crum_Elbow_Meeting_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Brother Grilka</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:Crum_Elbow_Meeting_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75312690","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crum_Elbow_Meeting_House_and_Cemetery","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5190023"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/dutchess-county/crum-elbow-meeting-house-and-cemetery-89000302/"}