{"nrhp_refnum":"98001010","name":"Lock Tender's House and Canal Store Ruin","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"40 Canal Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"High Falls","county":"Ulster County","state":"NY","lat":41.82368440100004,"lon":-74.13032632299996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1998-08-06","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Transportation","Commerce"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story wood-frame lock tender's cottage built in 1848 beside Lock 20 of the Delaware & Hudson Canal on Canal Road in High Falls, Ulster County, New York, together with the stone foundation of a former general store and two canal snubbing posts.","why_significant":"The cottage is described as a unique example of housing built for D & H Canal lock tenders, put up by the Delaware & Hudson Canal Company when the canal was rerouted and enlarged at High Falls. The adjoining general store foundation reflects the commerce that served canal bargemen. The property is tied to the canal's history from 1848 to 1898 and remains visible from the public towpath.","narrative":"Beside Lock 20 of the Delaware & Hudson Canal in High Falls stands a two-story wood cottage built in 1848 for the lock tender. Near it lies the stone foundation of a general store dating from about 1850. The canal company built the cottage while rerouting and enlarging the canal up the hill at High Falls through a series of locks. The house keeps its original three-room-per-floor plan, six-over-six windows, pine floors and a paired Dutch-style entry door. The store foundation, with walls two feet thick, and two concrete snubbing posts used to secure barges also contribute to the property. Lock tenders passed boats through the lock and kept the water level below it, and the nearby store let bargemen buy dry goods, groceries and hardware while waiting. A storekeeper ran the business until 1892, and the canal closed in 1898. The site lies along the public towpath and is part of local walking tours of the canal's surviving features.","period_of_significance":"1848-1898","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The cottage is in use as a single dwelling. The general store survives only as a stone foundation ruin.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:50.404894-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/98001010.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/98001010/835e69e368-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/98001010/835e69e368-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Daniel Case","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lock_Tender%27s_House,_High_Falls,_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:Lock_Tender%27s_House,_High_Falls,_NY.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75322665","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lock_Tender%27s_House_and_Canal_Store_Ruin","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6665236"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/ulster-county/lock-tenders-house-and-canal-store-ruin-98001010/"}