{"nrhp_refnum":"94001173","name":"Kripplebush Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly, area surrounding Kripplebush and Pine Bush Rds.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Marbletown","county":"Ulster County","state":"NY","lat":41.83840398950005,"lon":-74.18767410462189,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1994-10-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A compact rural hamlet of 33 contributing buildings in the southwestern part of the town of Marbletown, Ulster County, New York, about 1.5 miles west-southwest of Stone Ridge. Its buildings date from about 1772 to the early 20th century, and the district covers roughly 40 acres.","why_significant":"The nomination argues that the hamlet's buildings and land-use patterns are exceptionally well preserved. It contains four early stone farmhouses and a group of frame buildings tied to 19th-century commerce and wood-related manufacturing, including stores, a hotel, and a cooper and wagon shop. Former commercial buildings were adapted to housing, which preserved the hamlet's appearance. The district is recommended as locally significant.","narrative":"Kripplebush is a small hamlet near the base of the Catskill Mountains in Marbletown, Ulster County, New York. It grew up where local roads met beside Kripplebush Creek and a hillside called Snake Hill. The district holds 33 contributing buildings. Four are one-and-a-half-story stone farmhouses, including the Ephraim Chambers House of about 1772 and the Hornbeck House of about 1790. The rest are mostly plain frame buildings from the 19th and early 20th centuries: a Methodist church of 1857, a district schoolhouse, a lodge hall, a former hotel, former stores, and a carriage and wagon manufactory. Barns, sheds and other outbuildings also survive. Many commercial buildings were later converted to houses, which helped keep the hamlet's layout and appearance intact. The district was listed because its structures and land-use patterns remain so well preserved and show how a rural hamlet developed around farming, small-scale manufacturing and trade. Today the hamlet is residential, and the old schoolhouse serves as a historical museum.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Hudson Valley Stone; Early Republic/Federal; Mid-19th Century/Greek Revival; Late Victorian/Queen Anne, Italianate; Early 20th Century/Craftsman","criteria":[],"status_note":"The hamlet is now entirely residential, though the former schoolhouse serves as a community historical museum and the church and lodge retain community functions. Most buildings are well maintained.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:51.433269-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/94001173.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/94001173/f23796d6ca-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/94001173/f23796d6ca-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"HighAtop94","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:KripChurch.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">HighAtop94</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:KripChurch.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75322655","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kripplebush_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6437119"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/ulster-county/kripplebush-historic-district-94001173/"}