{"nrhp_refnum":"95000212","name":"Van Vechten, John, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Susquehanna Tpk. (Co. Rd. 23B)","address_restricted":false,"city":"Leeds","county":"Greene County","state":"NY","lat":42.255465498000035,"lon":-73.90334767199994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1995-03-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-one-half-story brick Queen Anne style house on a 3-acre parcel on the Susquehanna Turnpike (CR 23B) in the hamlet of Leeds, town of Catskill, Greene County, New York, rebuilt in 1891 by John Van Vechten.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a highly intact, representative local example of Queen Anne residential architecture in Greene County. Its wall dormers, Eastlake-inspired porch and bay window with balcony, and well-preserved interior all date to the 1891 rebuilding. It is described as one of the finest residences in Leeds and an important local landmark recalling the community's late nineteenth century development.","narrative":"Brick walls, a hipped metal roof and large shingled wall dormers mark this Queen Anne style house in the hamlet of Leeds, Greene County, New York. Rebuilt in 1891 by John Van Vechten and his son Peter after a fire, it incorporates walls from an 1876 dwelling that stood on the foundation of an earlier stone house. The site's first house dates to about 1731 and later served as a hostelry for travelers on the Susquehanna Turnpike. The west facade has a full-width porch with turned posts and a carved balustrade, and the north side has a projecting bay window topped by a balcony. Inside, wood floors, mantels, paneled doors, pocket doors and plaster walls survive. A boarding house wing added around 1910 was later removed, and six small cabins from the 1930s hotel period remain on the grounds. The house was listed for its architecture as a well-preserved local example of the Queen Anne style and as a landmark of the community's late nineteenth century growth.","period_of_significance":"1891","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late Victorian/Queen Anne","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still used as a single dwelling. The interior is described as highly intact. A boarding house wing added about 1910 was removed in the mid twentieth century.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:51.52607-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/95000212.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95000212/ea2c529a59-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95000212/ea2c529a59-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"RobertDrake2015","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Van_Vechten_House_03-26-2016.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">RobertDrake2015</a>, <a href=\"https://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:John_Van_Vechten_House_03-26-2016.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75318075","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Van_Vechten_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6261779"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/greene-county/van-vechten-john-house-95000212/"}