{"nrhp_refnum":"97000107","name":"Schoonmaker, C. K., Stone House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"294 Queens Hwy.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Rochester","county":"Ulster County","state":"NY","lat":41.80938839100003,"lon":-74.26977270599997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1997-02-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A vernacular two-story stone bank-house at 294 Queens Highway in Rochester, Ulster County, New York, on a two-acre parcel. The form describes it as built near the start of the nineteenth century, though the significance section gives a date of ca. 1840.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is architecturally significant as an example of the classic stone dwelling found in the Hudson Valley and Ulster County. It is one of 56 surviving masonry dwellings in Rochester built before 1850 and one of four bank houses there with a similar plan. It is described as a variant of the linear one-and-one-half story stone house type that dominated the area for over a century.","narrative":"Built into a south-facing bank on Queens Highway in Rochester, Ulster County, this two-story stone house has its main floor at ground level on the north side and above a fully exposed basement on the south. The south front is symmetrical, with five bays, a central entry with sidelights and transom, and a small two-story gabled porch. Windows are six-over-six with board and batten shutters. Inside, a central hall plan, wide plank floors, exposed beamed ceilings and original wood molding survive, and the kitchen sits at basement level. The house was listed as an example of the stone dwelling tradition typical of the Hudson Valley and Ulster County. It is one of 56 surviving masonry houses in Rochester built before 1850, and one of four bank houses in town with a similar plan. Despite limited nineteenth century alterations, it remains a rare surviving example of that building tradition. It is still used as a single-family home.","period_of_significance":"ca.1840","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"OTHER/vernacular","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Used as a single-family dwelling; the form notes limited nineteenth century alterations, a dormer removed since 1966, and traces of a barn foundation on the property.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:50.277063-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/97000107.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97000107/9f96cb0b85-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97000107/9f96cb0b85-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Daniel Case","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CK_Schoonmaker_Stone_House,_Kerhonkson,_NY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniel Case</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:CK_Schoonmaker_Stone_House,_Kerhonkson,_NY.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75315248","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._K._Schoonmaker_Stone_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5006623"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/ulster-county/schoonmaker-c-k-stone-house-97000107/"}