{"nrhp_refnum":"97001624","name":"Claverack Free Library","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"629 NY 23B","address_restricted":false,"city":"Claverack","county":"Columbia County","state":"NY","lat":42.22284687600006,"lon":-73.73546333899998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1998-01-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A single-story, wood frame Colonial Revival library building at 629 Route 23B in the hamlet of Claverack, Columbia County, New York, built in 1932 and designed by Hudson architect Lucius Moore, with a west wing added in 1950.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the library is a highly intact example of Colonial Revival municipal architecture in Claverack. Its design drew on local early Hudson Valley details and followed a model plan from the New York State Education Department. It also reflects the community's educational aims and the 1930s highway work that forced the library to move.","narrative":"Claverack Free Library is a one-story Colonial Revival building at the center of Claverack hamlet, at Routes 9H and 23B. Completed in 1932, it has a wood frame, a concrete foundation, a steep wood-shingled gable roof and a central entrance with Ionic columns and a pediment. A matching wing by the same architect, Lucius Moore of Hudson, was added in 1950. The library had begun in local parlors and later a remodelled store, but the widening of Route 9H in the early 1930s required the old building to be sold. The library board followed a model plan from the State Education Department and commissioned Moore to adapt it. His details echo local eighteenth and early nineteenth century houses, including beaded wide-board siding, a minimal gable overhang, a Palladian window and a panelled fireplace wall inside. The building is valued as an intact example of Colonial Revival civic design and as a local landmark that has served the community since November 1932.","period_of_significance":"1932","architect_builder":"Moore, Lucius, Architect","architectural_style":"Late 19th and Early 20th Century Revivals / Colonial Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still in use as a library; the form says the community's goals for the library remain intact today.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:51.152035-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/97001624.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97001624/26a43ed453-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97001624/26a43ed453-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Daniel Case","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Claverack_Free_Library.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:Claverack_Free_Library.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75312373","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claverack_Free_Library","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5129605"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/columbia-county/claverack-free-library-97001624/"}