Parker Training Academy Dutch Barn
Why it's listed
Set on the grounds of a state-operated facility off Turkey Hill Road in Red Hook, this heavy timber-frame barn is a surviving example of the New World Dutch barn type. Its four southern bents date to about 1790, and a fourth bay was added around 1810, likely using timbers reused from another barn. The hand-hewn, pegged frame has a central threshing floor with side aisles, and the broad gable ends, flush eaves and traces of a pentice and dove cote are typical of the type. Early twentieth-century changes include the wagon doors, a small concrete-walled excavation and an interior trough. The barn is regarded as a relatively late example, built as the Dutch barn was losing popularity in the Hudson Valley. Little is known about the farm it served. It is valued as a tangible, increasingly rare record of the grain-farming economy and carpentry traditions of the region's Dutch and German settlers. It is now vacant and used for storage, with some deterioration along the west side.
Significance in brief: The nomination argues the barn is a representative, though relatively late, example of Dutch timber-frame construction using the bent framing system typical of the Hudson Valley. It documents how the building type evolved in its final years and is a rare reminder of the region's grain-based agricultural economy and Dutch and German building traditions.
Machine-generated summary. This summary was generated by a language model from the official nomination document and has not been reviewed line by line by an editor. It may contain errors. Check the source document before relying on any detail. Source: nomination document (PDF) · National Archives catalog entry. NRHP reference 07001035, listed October 3, 2007. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence high).
Key facts
| Address | 527 Turkey Hill Rd., Red Hook |
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| County | Dutchess County |
| Listed | October 3, 2007 |
| Reference number | 07001035 |
| Resource type | Building |
| Period of significance | C. 1790-1900 |
| Architectural style | Vernacular (New World Dutch barn) |
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| Areas of significance | Architecture |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Listed current function is vacant/storage; the frame is mostly sound, but the west sill is rotting and the siding fails to enclose the building properly, allowing vermin in. |
| Acreage | 0.9 |
| Coordinates | 42.02029, -73.81716 (NPS GIS) |
What listing means for this property
For a publicly owned building or structure, listing mainly matters when federal funds, permits or licences are involved: projects then go through Section 106 review so effects on the property are considered. Listing also strengthens applications for preservation grants and, for leased income-producing uses, can enable the federal rehabilitation tax credit.
Noted as vacant in the nomination. Nomination documents can be decades old; current status may differ. If you are considering buying an empty listed property, read the due-diligence checklist.
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Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 07001035.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q7138385
- This listing as JSON
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