{"nrhp_refnum":"97000412","name":"Crow Hill","other_names":["Charles Whiting Residence"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Jct. of NY 9H and Co. Rt. 21, NW corner","address_restricted":false,"city":"Kinderhook","county":"Columbia County","state":"NY","lat":42.38943686200005,"lon":-73.68945541212493,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1997-05-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Crow Hill is a one-and-a-half-story, wood-frame Greek Revival house built in 1839 on a seven-acre hilltop just outside Kinderhook, Columbia County, New York. It was built for merchant Charles Whiting and has a contributing well house and a non-contributing garage.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is a distinguished, intact example of a Neoclassically inspired residence in Columbia County. Its nearly square, symmetrical plan has a large central hall, all principal rooms on one floor, and four finished facades each with a portico. The Palladian-influenced layout and the missing grand staircase were unusual for the Hudson Valley in 1839.","narrative":"Crow Hill is a Greek Revival house on a small hill at the northwest corner of NY 9H and County Route 21, near Kinderhook village. Charles Whiting, a local merchant who manufactured stoves and tinware, built it in 1839. The wood-frame house is nearly square and symmetrical, with a portico centered on each of its four sides, fluted columns, wide corner pilasters, pedimented lintels and a cupola over the central hall. Nearly all living space is on one floor, arranged around a large central room, and the stairway to the servants' attic rooms is tucked off the kitchen. The form suggests Whiting's trade influenced the design, including its standing-seam metal roof and heating arrangement. No architect is known. The property was judged significant for architecture because the house is an intact and unusually inventive example of Greek Revival design in Columbia County, built to be seen from every direction on a prominent site along the old Post Road.","period_of_significance":"1839","architect_builder":"unknown","architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still used as a single dwelling; the roof, sills, joists and corner posts were undergoing repairs at the time of the form.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:50.40346-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/97000412.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"74001227","name":"Kinderhook Village District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/kinderhook-village-district-74001227/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75316982","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crow_Hill","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5189085"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/columbia-county/crow-hill-97000412/"}