{"nrhp_refnum":"96000139","name":"New Baltimore Hamlet Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly, Main St. from NY 144 to S jct. with Mill St. and along NY 144, Church and New Sts. and Washington and Madison","address_restricted":false,"city":"New Baltimore","county":"Greene County","state":"NY","lat":42.44811447850006,"lon":-73.78817955996463,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1996-02-23","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic district of 95 contributing buildings plus a cemetery in the historic core of the hamlet of New Baltimore, Greene County, New York, on steep terraces along the west bank of the Hudson River about 15 miles south of Albany. It covers roughly 103 acres.","why_significant":"The district reflects the growth of a Hudson River community from a late eighteenth-century river landing to a center of local commerce, shipbuilding and industry in the mid and late nineteenth century. It holds a strong collection of vernacular Federal, Greek Revival, Italianate, Second Empire and Queen Anne buildings that keep high integrity. Archeological remains of the Sherman ship yard also survive within its boundary.","narrative":"New Baltimore Hamlet occupies a series of steep terraces on the west bank of the Hudson River in Greene County, about 15 miles south of Albany. The historic district covers roughly 103 acres and includes 95 contributing buildings and a cemetery, mostly houses built from the late eighteenth to the late nineteenth century. The oldest documented dwelling is a stone farmhouse built around 1770 by Steven Parson. The hamlet began as a landing and grew into a shipbuilding and repair community, with milling, freighting and ice businesses. Fires destroyed most of its commercial center, known as The Square, and none of the industrial structures survive, though remains of the Sherman ship yard, including a sawmill, marine railroad and pier supports, are known. What remains is a varied collection of vernacular Federal, Greek Revival, Italianate, Second Empire and Queen Anne buildings. Notable public buildings include the Dutch Reformed Church, the former Methodist Church of 1874, Cornell Hall of 1906 and the 1909 public school.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Early Republic/Federal; Mid-19th Century/Greek Revival, Gothic Revival; Late Victorian/Italianate, Second Empire, Queen Anne; Early 20th Century/Bungalow, Craftsman","criteria":[],"status_note":"Most buildings remain in residential use; the former Methodist Church is now apartments and the Eagle Tavern is a residence. Few original commercial structures survive because of fires.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:50.628985-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/96000139.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96000139/352a5096e6-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96000139/352a5096e6-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Doug Kerr from Upstate New York","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:New_Baltimore_Reformed_Church_Apr_10.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Doug Kerr from Upstate New York</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:New_Baltimore_Reformed_Church_Apr_10.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75318005","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Baltimore_Hamlet_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7005423"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/greene-county/new-baltimore-hamlet-historic-district-96000139/"}