{"nrhp_refnum":"98000138","name":"Dickey, William J., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"16 Imperial Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cohoes","county":"Albany County","state":"NY","lat":42.77122315500003,"lon":-73.70602872799998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1998-02-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story wood frame single-family house at 16 Imperial Avenue in Cohoes, Albany County, New York, built in 1890 by William J. Dickey, with a contributing carriage barn used as a garage and a modern non-contributing tea house.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a highly intact example of late nineteenth century Queen Anne and Stick Style residential architecture in Cohoes. It notes the asymmetrical massing, elaborate stick work, bracketed eaves, projecting bays, a round Victorian porch and a patterned polychrome slate roof. The house is described as retaining an outstanding degree of integrity and as an important local landmark.","narrative":"Built in 1890 by William J. Dickey, superintendent of the Egbert Woolen Mill, this wood frame house at 16 Imperial Avenue sits on the highest ground of its block in western Cohoes. The area opened for development after a bridge over the Erie Canal was built in 1867. The two-story house combines Queen Anne and Stick Style features: asymmetrical massing, projecting bay windows, ornamental stick work, verge boards, brackets, and a jerkin-headed roof of patterned polychrome slate. A rounded porch of turned posts and brackets wraps the front and south sides and is singled out as particularly fine. An early twentieth century stained-glass stair window was added on the north side. Inside, plaster walls, original architraves, door surrounds and hardware survive. A contemporary carriage barn, now a garage, contributes to the property. The house was listed for its architecture and its high degree of integrity, and it serves as a local landmark of Cohoes's late nineteenth century growth.","period_of_significance":"1890","architect_builder":"William J. Dickey (builder)","architectural_style":"Late Victorian/Stick (described in the text as Queen Anne inspired and Stick Style)","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still in use as a single dwelling; the carriage barn is now used as a garage.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:50.328342-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/98000138.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/98000138/0c26606245-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/98000138/0c26606245-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Daniel Case","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:William_Dickey_House,_Cohoes,_NY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniel Case</a>, <a href=\"http://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:William_Dickey_House,_Cohoes,_NY.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75316211","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_J._Dickey_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8013200"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/albany-county/dickey-william-j-house-98000138/"}