{"nrhp_refnum":"97000827","name":"Miller, Harmon, House","other_names":["Brookbound"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"6109 9H","address_restricted":false,"city":"Claverack","county":"Columbia County","state":"NY","lat":42.21615050150004,"lon":-73.73511438825577,"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 two and one-half story wood frame Second Empire house with a carriage barn, on a forty-one acre parcel at the southern edge of the hamlet of Claverack, Columbia County, New York. Harmon Miller built it in 1878.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a rare and outstanding example of French Second Empire residential architecture in the region. It displays a concave mansard roof, patterned slate, bracketed cornice, arched double entrance doors and paired arched windows. It retains a high degree of integrity, along with its carriage house and rural setting, and reflects the agricultural prosperity of the period.","narrative":"Set back from Route 9H/23 at the southern end of Claverack, the Harmon Miller House is a two and one-half story frame dwelling built in 1878 and known to its builder as \"Brookbound.\" Harmon Miller, a farmer who sold hay, grain, eggs and cheese, hired Hudson builder and designer James E. McClure to create a stylish Second Empire home at a cost of $5,366. Its concave slate mansard roof, bracketed eaves, arched dormers, paired entrance doors with a molded hood, and two-over-two windows define its look. A matching carriage barn stands to the south, and farmland still surrounds the property. The house was restored in recent decades, and new work such as a tower and enclosed porch was designed to blend in. Original floors, mantels, doors and a walnut stair balustrade survive. The property was listed for architecture, as a rare regional example of the Second Empire style and a reminder of the area's farming prosperity in the late nineteenth century.","period_of_significance":"1878","architect_builder":"James E. McClure, Hudson builder/designer","architectural_style":"Late Victorian/Second Empire (Italianate listed in the classification)","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Used as a single dwelling; restored and rehabilitated in the late 1980s and early 1990s, with some modern additions designed to match the historic character.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:51.241304-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/97000827.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97000827/45d88c8f92-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97000827/45d88c8f92-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Daniel Case","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brookbound,_Harmon_Miller_House_in_Claverack,_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:Brookbound,_Harmon_Miller_House_in_Claverack,_NY.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75312403","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmon_Miller_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1585603"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/columbia-county/miller-harmon-house-97000827/"}