{"nrhp_refnum":"90001015","name":"Washington Spring Road-Woods Road Historic District","other_names":["Hd-a"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly, area along Washington Spring Rd. from Highland Ave. to Hudson R. and N approx. 1/2 mi. along Woods Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Palisades","county":"Rockland County","state":"NY","lat":41.012240836000046,"lon":-73.90700741333447,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1990-07-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic district of 42 properties in the hamlet of Palisades, Orangetown, Rockland County, New York, centered on Washington Spring Road, Woods Road and Dirt Lane, running down a narrow valley to the Hudson River. Buildings date from about 1750 to the 1930s.","why_significant":"The district is the historic core of Palisades' riverside community, which began as a Hudson River landing and transshipment center. It later became a country retreat for wealthy New Yorkers and an enclave for prominent artists and writers in the early twentieth century. Its buildings show a wide range of architectural styles, from Dutch vernacular to Craftsman, and the district keeps its rural river-settlement character.","narrative":"Washington Spring Road and its side lanes, Woods Road and Dirt Lane, form the historic riverside core of Palisades, New York. The district runs down a narrow, hilly valley from Route 9W to the Hudson River and includes 42 properties, mostly two-story single-family houses of frame, stone or brick, along with a Presbyterian church. The oldest are Dutch-vernacular dwellings from the 1700s, clustered near the old river landing, where a ferry operated as early as 1689 or 1700. Later houses show Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, Italianate and Second Empire styles. Sloop captains, shipwrights and merchants lived here when the landing prospered as a transshipment point. After river traffic declined and the railroad arrived, wealthy New Yorkers built country retreats. In the early twentieth century, landowner Mary Tonetti drew artists and writers, including Bertram Goodhue, Carl Sandburg and John Steinbeck. Craftsman and Medieval Revival houses on Woods Road date from that era. Despite modern development nearby, the district keeps the scale of a rural river settlement.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Includes Eric Gugler, W. Heath, Clinton Gilbert, M.L. Robbins (architects); Bobby Hyde and Peter Thomsen (builders)","architectural_style":"Ethnic vernacular \"Dutch,\" Federal, Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, Italianate, French Second Empire, Neo-Colonial, Medieval Revival, Dutch Colonial Revival, Craftsman","criteria":[],"status_note":"Most buildings are well preserved, with some minor alterations; the district retains its rural character while surrounding areas have seen suburban intrusion.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:45.10592-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/90001015.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90001015/c0d094bc47-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90001015/c0d094bc47-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"JERRYE &amp; ROY KLOTZ, M.D.","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WASHINGTON_SPRING_ROAD-WOODS_ROAD_HISTORIC_DISTRICT,_ROCKLAND_COUNTY,_NY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">JERRYE &amp;amp; ROY KLOTZ, M.D.</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:WASHINGTON_SPRING_ROAD-WOODS_ROAD_HISTORIC_DISTRICT,_ROCKLAND_COUNTY,_NY.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75314520","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Spring_Road%E2%80%93Woods_Road_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7972193"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/rockland-county/washington-spring-road-woods-road-historic-district-90001015/"}