{"nrhp_refnum":"97000824","name":"Van Ness, William W., House","other_names":["Talavera"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"270 NY 9H","address_restricted":false,"city":"Claverak","county":"Columbia County","state":"NY","lat":42.240044585500044,"lon":-73.72276027129128,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1997-08-08","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Federal/Classical Revival-style frame house known as \"Talavera\" at 270 NYS Route 9H in Claverack, Columbia County, New York, built about 1816 for Judge William W. Van Ness on a 103-acre parcel with barns and a caretaker's cottage.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a finely crafted and rare regional example of Classical (Jeffersonian) Revival residential architecture. Its five-part plan, strict symmetry, two-story portico, fanlights, columns and multiple-light triple-hung sash windows mark it as high-style work. It also reflects the prominence of its builder, a noted jurist.","narrative":"Talavera is a two-story frame house on Route 9H in Claverack, set far back from the road on a 103-acre farm parcel. Built around 1816 for jurist William W. Van Ness, it has a central block flanked by one-and-one-half-story wings joined by single-story entrance hyphens. A two-story portico with reeded columns and a denticulated pediment dominates the east facade, and unusual triple-hung windows flank the central bay. Inside, the house keeps wide pine floors, Federal mantels, pocket doors and a curved stair. Later owners altered the porches and doubled the wings in the late nineteenth century. Van Ness's financial troubles led to a sale in 1822, and the Philip family later farmed the land, growing hay and then apples. Outbuildings include three late nineteenth-century barns, a toolhouse and a caretaker's cottage. The house was listed for its architecture, as a rare local example of Jeffersonian Classicism and a reminder of its builder's standing.","period_of_significance":"ca.1818-1870","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Early Republic/Federal (described as Classical Revival or Jeffersonian Classicism)","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still used as a single dwelling; the property includes working farm outbuildings and the interior retains a high degree of integrity.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:50.68054-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/97000824.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97000824/d97da0f369-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97000824/d97da0f369-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Lvklock","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:William_Van_Ness_House_4.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Lvklock</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:William_Van_Ness_House_4.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75312381","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_W._Van_Ness_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8019847"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/columbia-county/van-ness-william-w-house-97000824/"}