{"nrhp_refnum":"95000956","name":"Rider, Johannes, Stone House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"7 Upper Whitfield Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Rochester","county":"Ulster County","state":"NY","lat":41.82589137900004,"lon":-74.22340440899995,"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 stone bank house with two later frame ells, built ca. 1815 on a 4.7-acre rural parcel at 7 Upper Whitfield Road in the town of Rochester, Ulster County, New York. A ca. 1890 frame shed also contributes.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is an outstanding regional example of the linear stone dwelling typical of the Hudson Valley and Ulster County. Its features include stone construction, multiple asymmetrical entrances, a linear plan and a simple gable roof. It is also one of only four one-story houses in Rochester with an all-stone gable end, a trait presumed to be an earlier method of construction.","narrative":"Built around 1815 in a rural part of Rochester, Ulster County, this one and one-half story stone house sits at the foot of a steep bank beside Upper Whitfield Road. It is a bank house, built into the hillside so that the basement level of the south gable end is at ground level while the north end is buried in the slope. Both gable ends are stone from ground to roof ridge, and two-story frame ells were added later to the east and west. A ca. 1890 frame shed also contributes to the property. The house represents the linear stone dwelling common in the Hudson Valley and Ulster County, with multiple asymmetrical entrances and a simple gable roof. It is one of seventy-one stone or brick houses identified in Rochester built before 1944, and one of only four one-story houses in town with an all-stone gable end. The nomination presumes that construction method is an earlier one, used when sawn lumber was scarce.","period_of_significance":"ca.1815-ca.1890","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Other/vernacular","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still used as a single dwelling, with a contributing secondary structure (the shed). A modern swimming pool and two ca. 1920 chicken coops are non-contributing.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:50.382252-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/95000956.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95000956/42a8340b45-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95000956/42a8340b45-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Larry Arvidson","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:P1050053_Johannes_Rider_Stone_House,_7_Upper_Whitfield_Rd_1,_Rochester,_Ulster_Cnty,_NY.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:P1050053_Johannes_Rider_Stone_House,_7_Upper_Whitfield_Rd_1,_Rochester,_Ulster_Cnty,_NY.png"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75315242","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Rider_Stone_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6216947"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/ulster-county/rider-johannes-stone-house-95000956/"}