{"nrhp_refnum":"95000954","name":"Krom Stone House at 31 Upper Whitfield Road","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"31 Upper Whitfield Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Rochester","county":"Ulster County","state":"NY","lat":41.82869962700005,"lon":-74.22712770499999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1995-08-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-and-one-half story vernacular stone dwelling at 31 Upper Whitfield Road in a rural part of the town of Rochester, Ulster County, New York, reputedly built in 1764, with a frame rear ell reputed to date from 1879.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it an outstanding regional example of a mid-eighteenth-century linear stone house typical of the Hudson Valley and Ulster County. It is one of eleven one-and-one-half story houses in Rochester with at least one all-stone gable end. It is also tied to the Krom family, whose members built many stone houses in the Whitfield area.","narrative":"Built into a south-facing hillside above Upper Whitfield Road in rural Rochester, Ulster County, this stone house is reputed to date from 1764. It is a one-and-one-half story building on a linear plan, with a five-bay symmetrical front, a recessed central entry, and a long bluestone retaining wall forming a terrace in front. The east gable end is solid stone from ground to ridge, and the west gable has a clapboard peak. A central cross-gable and a two-story frame ell at the rear were added in the nineteenth century, and the gabled dormers came after 1967. The house is regarded as an outstanding regional example of the linear stone dwelling common in the Hudson Valley. It is one of only eleven houses of its type in Rochester with an all-stone gable end. It also reflects the Krom family, whose upland stone houses in the Whitfield area document family growth and dispersion after the settlement period.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1764","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"OTHER/vernacular (linear stone dwelling)","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Used as a single dwelling; the basement, formerly finished, is gutted and under renovation.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:50.620796-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/95000954.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95000954/92d0b5614f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95000954/92d0b5614f-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Larry Arvidson","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:P1050055_(88)_Krom_Stone_House_at_31_Upper_Whitfield_Rd.,_Rochester,_Ulster_Cnty,_NY_1.png\" rel=\"noopener\">Larry Arvidson</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:P1050055_(88)_Krom_Stone_House_at_31_Upper_Whitfield_Rd.,_Rochester,_Ulster_Cnty,_NY_1.png"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75315238","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krom_Stone_House_at_31_Upper_Whitfield_Road","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14706743"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/ulster-county/krom-stone-house-at-31-upper-whitfield-road-95000954/"}