{"nrhp_refnum":"99000870","name":"Graham-Brush Log House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Church St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Pine Plains","county":"Dutchess County","state":"NY","lat":41.98011793200004,"lon":-73.65525562799996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1999-07-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-room log house with a rear wood-frame lean-to on the north side of Church Street in the hamlet of Pine Plains, Dutchess County, New York, begun around 1776 by Lewis Graham.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a rare surviving example of a Revolutionary War-era log dwelling, built by a refugee family from Morrisania who followed a military log hut model. Its original one-room section closely matches hut descriptions from Revolutionary War records and encampment excavations. A second log section added within a few years shows its evolution into a more comfortable family home.","narrative":"Near the main crossroads of Pine Plains in northeastern Dutchess County stands a log house built by Lewis Graham, who fled Morrisania in Westchester County during the British invasion of New York. Begun around 1776, the first part was a nearly square, one-room structure of hewn pine logs with half-lapped corners, a stone foundation and a stone fireplace. Within a few years a second log room was added to the east, separated by a five-foot center passage, and the roof was raised to create a half-story. A frame lean-to was added later, and weatherboards eventually covered the logs. The form compares the original room to Revolutionary War military huts, noting similarities in plan, height, corner joinery and hearth design. Alfred Brush bought the property in 1829. The house was conveyed to the Little Nine Partners Historical Society in 1997, and an arson fire in 1998 damaged the northeast upper floor and roof.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Lewis Graham (original builder and owner)","architectural_style":"No style","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed under work in progress; arsonists set a fire in 1998 that damaged the northeast corner of the second floor and roof, which was covered with plastic tarpaulins pending repair. Conveyed to the Little Nine Partners Historical Society in 1997.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:51.016279-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/99000870.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99000870/bea47b8b06-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99000870/bea47b8b06-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Doug Kerr from Upstate New York","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Graham-Brush_Log_House_May_10.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Doug Kerr from Upstate New York</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Graham-Brush_Log_House_May_10.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"05001398","name":"Taconic State Parkway","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/taconic-state-parkway-05001398/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75317356","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham-Brush_Log_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5592604"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/dutchess-county/graham-brush-log-house-99000870/"}