{"nrhp_refnum":"97001615","name":"Van Rensselaer Lower Manor House","other_names":["Klavarack"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"103 NY 23B","address_restricted":false,"city":"Claverack","county":"Columbia County","state":"NY","lat":42.22479450000003,"lon":-73.72508840599994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1998-01-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Exploration/Settlement"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A private single-dwelling property at 103 NY Route 23B in the hamlet of Claverack, Columbia County, New York. It combines a ca.1715 stone house with a ca.1790 frame section, plus a ca.1825 barn and a ca.1950 florist shop.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is tied to the management of the southern boundary of the Manor of Rensselaerwyck and to Claverack's shift from landlord-tenant relations to occupant ownership. It is also significant architecturally, since its fabric records Colonial, Federal and later nineteenth-century changes over nearly three centuries. It is described as one of few surviving dwellings linked to the daily running of the Van Rensselaer manor.","narrative":"Set back from Route 23B on a sloping 1.3-acre lot in Claverack, this house grew in stages. Its core is a one-and-one-half-story stone dwelling from about 1715, with a kitchen hearth and bake oven. A five-bay frame section with a center chimney and a long front porch was added about 1790, joined to the stone part by a hyphen. The stone section's roof was raised about 1870, and further rooms and a modern kitchen were added in the twentieth century. A ca.1825 English-style barn stands behind the house, and a ca.1950 florist shop near the road does not contribute to the property's character. The house was listed for its link to the Van Rensselaer manor, whose Claverack lands were managed from here, possibly by Samuel Ten Broeck and his wife Catharine Van Rensselaer from about 1715. It was also listed as a vernacular building whose layers record local architectural change from Dutch Colonial through Federal and later styles.","period_of_significance":"ca.1715-ca.1870","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Colonial/Dutch Colonial","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still used as a single dwelling; the florist shop on the property is operated by the current owners, and a modern kitchen wing was added in the late twentieth century.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:50.560331-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/97001615.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97001615/dc406be280-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97001615/dc406be280-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Daniel Case","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Van_Rensselaer_Lower_Manor_House,_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:Van_Rensselaer_Lower_Manor_House,_Claverack,_NY.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75312377","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Rensselaer_Lower_Manor_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7913607"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/columbia-county/van-rensselaer-lower-manor-house-97001615/"}