Guilford-Bower Farm House
Why it's listed
Built around 1850 along Albany Post Road, south of New Paltz in Ulster County, this two-story brick farm house sits above the Wallkill River with views toward the Shawangunk Mountains. It replaced an earlier stone and brick house that burned. That house had been built shortly before 1798 near the site of the 1706 homestead of Joseph Hasbrouck. The present house has load-bearing brick walls on a stone basement, a rear kitchen wing, bracketed eaves, and a front piazza with Gothic-style tracery. Inside, a central passage separates formal front rooms from smaller service rooms. The land was part of the 2000-acre Guilford Patent and remained in the Hasbrouck family for six generations, until 1925. Two children's aid organizations then ran a fresh air camp there until 1973. Camp-era buildings and alterations changed parts of the site, but the house keeps much of its original form and its open rural setting. Today it remains a residence beside working fields.
Significance in brief: The nomination presents the house as the surviving homestead of a long-held Hasbrouck family farm on the Guilford Patent, which stayed largely intact from the early 1700s until 1973. Its brick construction, formal center-passage plan and Gothic and Renaissance-influenced details are cited as showing the owner's social and economic standing. Its open riverside setting also remains largely unspoiled.
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 99000810, listed July 8, 1999. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence medium).
Key facts
| Address | Albany Post Rd., New Paltz |
|---|---|
| County | Ulster County |
| Listed | July 8, 1999 |
| Reference number | 99000810 |
| Resource type | Building |
| Architectural style | Mid-19th Century |
| Areas of significance | Architecture |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Still used as a single dwelling, with surrounding fields in agricultural use. The interior was partly restored after a period as camp headquarters. |
| Acreage | 54 |
| Coordinates | 41.71066, -74.15886 (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 99000810.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q5615905
- This listing as JSON
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