Salisbury Manor
Why it's listed
Set on a rise about fifty feet above the flats of Catskill Creek, west of Leeds, this fieldstone house with brick gables began in 1730 as a one-and-a-half-story Dutch-style dwelling built by Francis Salisbury for his son Abraham and Abraham's wife, Rachel Ten Eyck. Two more rooms and a second story were added in 1760, giving it a Georgian-influenced form, and in 1823 a nephew, also named Abraham Salisbury, raised the roof plates, laid brick gables and added Federal-style trim, mantels and window reveals. The house keeps eighteenth-century paneling, a Georgian mantel and original Dutch beams. The Salisburys were an English family, descended from an officer who helped take New Netherland in 1664, who married into Dutch families. Later the house served as a boarding house and a summer residence. Only this one of three Salisbury stone houses remains. The nominated area includes a lane lined with stone walls, lilacs and locust trees, and the view toward the creek.
Significance in brief: The nomination argues the house is significant for its ties to the early history of the Catskill-Leeds area and the spread of Dutch settlement in the upper Hudson Valley. It illustrates vernacular Dutch building traditions adopted by an English family and the later loss of that character in the early nineteenth century. It contains high quality features from three architectural eras and is the only one of three Salisbury stone houses that survives.
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 79001585, listed June 19, 1979. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence high).
Key facts
| Address | NW of Leeds on NY 145, Leeds |
|---|---|
| County | Greene County |
| Listed | June 19, 1979 |
| Reference number | 79001585 |
| Resource type | Building |
| Period of significance | 1800-1899 |
| Architect / builder | Francis Salisbury |
| Architectural style | Dutch vernacular stone house with Georgian (1760) and Federal (1823) elements |
| Areas of significance | Exploration/Settlement, Architecture |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Listed as occupied private residence in good condition and altered; grounds include a garage, shed, tennis courts and a granary ruin. |
| Acreage | 47 |
| Coordinates | 42.26249, -73.91968 (NPS GIS) |
What listing means for this property
National Register listing is honorary for a privately owned home: it does not by itself restrict what an owner may do with their own money, and it does not require public access. Restrictions come from local landmark or historic-district ordinances, which are separate (how they differ).
Owner-occupied houses are not eligible for the 20% federal rehabilitation tax credit, which applies to income-producing buildings, but many states offer credits for homeowners. Listing also opens the door to preservation easements and to buying a plaque. Start with what listing means for homeowners, renovating a listed house and selling one.
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Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 79001585.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q7404784
- This listing as JSON
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