{"nrhp_refnum":"93001226","name":"Riverside Cemetery","other_names":[],"category":"site","location":{"address":"NY 97 SE of jct. with Church St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Long Eddy","county":"Sullivan County","state":"NY","lat":41.847236674000044,"lon":-75.12633336699997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1993-11-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Landscape Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Riverside Cemetery is a 2.3-acre rural community cemetery on N.Y. Route 97, about half a mile southeast of the hamlet of Long Eddy in Sullivan County, New York. It was established in 1885 and includes a Queen Anne style frame chapel built in 1887.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the cemetery is a distinctive local expression of late nineteenth and early twentieth century cemetery design, with a rectilinear layout, wrought iron fence, bluestone sidewalk and a small Queen Anne chapel. Its collection of finely carved monuments is described as among the finest in the river valley. The chapel is called an unusually fine example of its type and unique within the Upper Delaware region.","narrative":"Riverside Cemetery is a level, rectangular, 2.3-acre burial ground beside N.Y. Route 97 near Long Eddy, Sullivan County. New York City businessman Robert Halsey, who owned land in the area, donated the tract in 1885 for a non-denominational community cemetery. Plots follow a simple grid, a wrought iron fence and gateways line the north edge, and a bluestone sidewalk leads to a small Queen Anne style chapel at the center, built in 1887. The chapel has fishscale shingles, stained glass and scroll-sawn rafter ends. About 550 monuments stand here, roughly two thirds from the 1885-1943 period, including carved obelisks, diamond-shaped headstones and a rustic monument shaped like a gnarled tree trunk. The cemetery reflects vernacular small-town design rather than the grand rural cemetery movement. It was listed for its architecture and landscape qualities, and it remains well maintained with its historic setting largely intact.","period_of_significance":"1885-1943","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late Victorian/Queen Anne","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"The cemetery and its restored chapel are described as well maintained and still in use as a cemetery. The chapel was used as a maintenance shed by the mid-twentieth century and returned to its original configuration and use in 1972.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:50.509119-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/93001226.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75315048","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riverside_Cemetery_(Long_Eddy,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7338440"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/sullivan-county/riverside-cemetery-93001226/"}