{"nrhp_refnum":"92000455","name":"National Youth Administration Woodstock Resident Work Center","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"NY 212 N side, E of Woodstock","address_restricted":false,"city":"Woodstock","county":"Ulster County","state":"NY","lat":42.04044489900008,"lon":-74.09367860299994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1992-04-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Art","Education","Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A five-acre campus of ten contributing features (shops, sheds, a barn, a gazebo and a carved flagpole base) on Route 212 just east of Woodstock, Ulster County, New York, built c1939-1940 as a National Youth Administration training camp.","why_significant":"The camp is significant for its link to New Deal work-relief and education programs and to the Woodstock art colony. It is also significant for its surviving buildings, constructed and decorated by the students in the local rustic arts-and-crafts manner. Eleanor Roosevelt took a personal interest in the center, and a record of correspondence survives.","narrative":"Set in a forest clearing along Route 212 east of Woodstock village, this small campus was built around 1939 as a National Youth Administration resident work center. Young people trained in metalwork, woodworking, stone carving, pottery, wool processing and weaving until the center closed about 1942, when the United States entered World War II. Students helped construct the long, low buildings of local bluestone, wood and brick, using rustic clapboard with irregular wavy edges that echoed the Woodstock art colony's studio style. A carved octagonal stone flagpole base, attributed to the influence of sculptor Thomas Penning, shows the camp's crafts, farming and sports in relief. Eleanor Roosevelt followed the center closely and attended the cornerstone setting in 1939. An earlier barn and a gazebo are also part of the group. The Woodstock School of Art still uses the buildings as studios, so they remain close to their original appearance and function.","period_of_significance":"1939-c1942","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"No style (local rustic vernacular)","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The buildings are still used as studios by the Woodstock School of Art and retain outstanding integrity.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:44.874409-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/92000455.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92000455/d37b615916-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92000455/d37b615916-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"John E. Leslie III","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NYA-WoodstockNY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">John E. Leslie III</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:NYA-WoodstockNY.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75322685","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Youth_Administration_Woodstock_Resident_Work_Center","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6979475"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/ulster-county/national-youth-administration-woodstock-resident-work-center-92000455/"}