{"nrhp_refnum":"96000157","name":"Scribner House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"19 Roe Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cornwall","county":"Orange County","state":"NY","lat":41.437524802500064,"lon":-74.02366075340798,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1996-03-08","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-one-half story wood-frame summer residence at 19 Roe Avenue in Cornwall, Orange County, New York, built in 1910 by the local firm Mead and Taft for Charles Scribner.","why_significant":"It is argued to be an intact, representative example of a turn-of-the-century large country estate house, combining Shingle style with Colonial Revival and Arts and Crafts influences. It illustrates the period when Cornwall was a popular summer retreat for wealthy New York City families. It retains a high degree of exterior and interior integrity.","narrative":"Built in 1910 at 19 Roe Avenue in Cornwall, Orange County, New York, this two-and-one-half story wood-frame house served as a summer residence for Charles Scribner, a wealthy New York City publisher. The local building firm Mead and Taft constructed it. The house is an eclectic version of the Shingle style with Colonial Revival touches, topped by a shingled gambrel roof and set among rocky outcroppings and evergreens. Inside, a large center hall, oak staircase, stained glass windows, corner mantels and wainscotting survive. Features reflecting Arts and Crafts ideas include many windows linking indoors with outdoors, and leaf and flower motifs. It is considered significant as an intact example of a country estate house from the era when Cornwall attracted prominent families from New York City. Although the original estate has been subdivided and the large front veranda was removed in the 1950s, the house keeps its original form, windows, doors and floor plan. The Scribner family owned it until the 1960s.","period_of_significance":"ca.1910","architect_builder":"Mead and Taft (builder)","architectural_style":"Late Victorian / Shingle Style, with Colonial Revival elements","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still in use as a single-family dwelling; the original two-story veranda was removed in the 1950s and the surrounding estate has been subdivided.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:50.499931-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/96000157.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96000157/9d59686276-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96000157/9d59686276-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Daniel Case","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Scribner_House,_Cornwall,_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:Scribner_House,_Cornwall,_NY.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75314185","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scribner_House_(Cornwall,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2261587"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/orange-county/scribner-house-96000157/"}