{"nrhp_refnum":"95000045","name":"Holy Cross Monastery","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"US 9W, E side","address_restricted":false,"city":"West Park","county":"Ulster County","state":"NY","lat":41.80297661650005,"lon":-73.95699374260631,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1995-02-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Religion","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Holy Cross Monastery is a religious complex on 25.9 acres along the Hudson River in West Park, Ulster County, New York. It includes a guesthouse built 1902-04 by Henry Vaughan, a Middle House, cloister and chapel by Ralph Adams Cram (1921), and a 1965 monastic residence.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it was the first new monastery built for Anglican monks since 1534 and the mother house of the first successful American monastic community for men. It was also the home and burial place of Father James Otis Sargent Huntington, the order's founder and a social reformer. The buildings represent the work of two leading ecclesiastical architects, Henry Vaughan and Ralph Adams Cram.","narrative":"Holy Cross Monastery is the mother house of the Episcopal Order of the Holy Cross, set on a hillside above the Hudson River in West Park. Three main buildings run in a north-south line: the 1902-04 brick guesthouse designed by Henry Vaughan in Tudor Revival style, a 1921 group by Ralph Adams Cram with Middle House, cloister, and St. Augustine's Chapel, and a 1965 octagonal residence. A campanile rises above the complex and can be seen from the river. The property was listed as the first new monastery for Anglican monks since 1534 and the home of the first successful American monastic community for men. It is also tied to Father James Otis Sargent Huntington, the founder, who lived here from 1904 until his death in 1935 and is interred in the chapel crypt. His work for laborers and the poor influenced the Episcopal Church's commitment to social ministry. The guesthouse still welcomes thousands of retreat guests each year.","period_of_significance":"1902-1935","architect_builder":"Vaughan, Henry, architect; Cram, Ralph Adams, architect","architectural_style":"Tudor Revival, Spanish Revival","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"The complex remains in religious use as the Order's mother house. The original monastery now serves as a guesthouse and retreat facility.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:51.109453-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/95000045.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95000045/c4242d6ec7-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95000045/c4242d6ec7-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Daniel Case","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Holy_Cross_Monastery,_West_Park,_NY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniel Case</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Holy_Cross_Monastery,_West_Park,_NY.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75322632","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Cross_Monastery_(West_Park,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12060458"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/ulster-county/holy-cross-monastery-95000045/"}