{"nrhp_refnum":"92001645","name":"Pratt Rock Park","other_names":["Pratt's Rock"],"category":"site","location":{"address":"NY 23 NW of jct. with NY 23A","address_restricted":false,"city":"Prattsville","county":"Greene County","state":"NY","lat":42.311940315000044,"lon":-74.41008257041136,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1992-12-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Art","Entertainment/Recreation"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Pratt Rock Park is a 20-acre public park on the steep west face of a hillside along NYS Route 23, just south of the village core of Prattsville, Greene County, New York. It holds rock-cut carvings made from about 1843 to about 1871, a monument, a stone retaining wall and carved rock seats.","why_significant":"The park is tied to Zadock Pratt, the tanning magnate, congressman and founder of Prattsville, who donated the land to the town in 1843. Itinerant stone carvers made scenes and inscriptions on the cliffs recording his life and achievements, giving the site significance as folk art. It is also an example of a mid-19th-century pleasure ground.","narrative":"Pratt Rock Park occupies 20 acres on a steep hillside beside NYS Route 23, just south of the center of Prattsville, New York. Zadock Pratt, who built one of the largest tanning operations in the nation, gave the land to the town in 1843 with a $100 endowment. Between then and his death in 1871, itinerant stone carvers worked the cliff face and outcroppings above a path, producing a bust of Pratt, a bust of his son George, who died of wounds in 1862, a horse, a hemlock tree, a clasped hand carved with a patriotic motto, a tannery plan, and the family coat of arms. Carved rock sofas, benches and chairs line the path. At the foot of the slope, a monument records the names and ages of Pratt's horses and dogs. The park is valued for its link to Pratt, its folk art, and its role as a typical mid-nineteenth-century pleasure ground for walking, picnics and views.","period_of_significance":"ca.1843 - ca.1871","architect_builder":"unknown","architectural_style":null,"criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Owned by the Town of Prattsville and used as a park; the form says it retains an outstanding level of integrity. The carvings continue to be whitewashed to keep them visible from the road.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:51.405801-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/92001645.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92001645/fb0d499321-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92001645/fb0d499321-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"George Sachs","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pratt_Rock_Postcard_1909.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">George Sachs</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pratt_Rock_Postcard_1909.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75318027","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pratt_Rock","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7238774"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/greene-county/pratt-rock-park-92001645/"}