Randel, Culver House and Mill
Why it's listed
Along Quaker Creek, where the village of Florida meets the town of Goshen, a ca.1850 frame house and a ca.1830 four-story mill share a small wooded valley. Culver Randel, born in Florida in 1806, trained as a piano maker in New York City and returned in 1841 to start a pianoforte company. The mill site had been used by his family since at least 1790, and over the following century the area known as Randelville held mills for flour, lumber, wool and furniture. Randel built the house, a two-story Italianate dwelling with a low hipped roof, bracketed eaves, tall first-floor windows and a bracketed porch with scroll-sawn details. The heavy timber mill, with its stone foundation and clapboard walls, is the surviving central part of a larger factory complex. Remnants of a brick chimney and hydropower features remain. The property was listed for its architecture and its record of industry, and both buildings were restored in the 1990s.
Significance in brief: The nomination argues that the house is an outstanding regional example of Picturesque-influenced Italianate architecture, with fine scroll-sawn woodwork. The surviving mill is described as a unique example of a manufacturing facility in Orange County and as representative of rural Hudson Valley vernacular design. Together with hydropower remnants and the rural setting, the property is called one of the region's most significant industrial sites.
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 98000554, listed May 20, 1998. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence high).
Key facts
| Address | 65 Randall St., Florida |
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| County | Orange County |
| Listed | May 20, 1998 |
| Reference number | 98000554 |
| Resource type | Building |
| Period of significance | ca.1830-ca.1888 |
| Architect / builder | Culver Randel (identified as builder of the house) |
| Architectural style | Late Victorian/Italianate |
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| Areas of significance | Architecture, Industry |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Both buildings underwent restoration in the 1990s; the house is in use as a single dwelling and the mill has a specialty store use. |
| Acreage | 3.3 |
| Coordinates | 41.34141, -74.35259 (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.
General information, not legal or tax advice. Rules change; confirm with your State Historic Preservation Office or a qualified adviser.
Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 98000554.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q4165495
- This listing as JSON
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