Rest Plaus Historic District
Why it's listed
Rest Plaus Historic District covers roughly 725 acres in southern Marbletown, Ulster County, New York, between the Rondout Creek and the Rest Plaus Kill. It consists mostly of open farmland that has been worked for more than 250 years, along with 69 contributing buildings, sites, structures and objects on twenty-four properties. Early houses include the Benjamin Hasbrouck house of 1752 and Feather Farm from the 1750s, both stone dwellings that grew by adding rooms at the gable end. Later buildings include the 1797 George Grosse stone house, a vernacular Greek Revival brick house, and a Greek Revival addition of 1842. The Rest Place Grist Mill, first built in 1765, retains its mid-nineteenth-century machinery. The district matters as an example of Dutch and English colonial settlement in the Hudson Valley, where one-and-one-half-story stone houses and farm subdivisions among family members shaped the landscape. Wheat prosperity faded in the late 1820s, and building revived in the 1840s.
Significance in brief: The district preserves continuously farmed land and eighteenth- and nineteenth-century farmsteads, a grist mill, a school, a cemetery and a rail bed. Its colonial stone houses show how Dutch building traditions persisted in Ulster County alongside English influence. It also records the area's wheat-farming prosperity, its decline in the late 1820s, and renewed building in the 1840s.
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 95000602, listed June 1, 1995. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence medium).
Key facts
| Address | Roughly, along Old Kings Hwy., Rest Plaus Rd. and Lucas Tpk. (Co. Rt. 1), Marbletown |
|---|---|
| County | Ulster County |
| Listed | June 1, 1995 |
| Reference number | 95000602 |
| Resource type | District |
| Architectural style | Dutch Colonial, Federal, Greek Revival, and Vernacular |
| Areas of significance | Architecture, Exploration/Settlement, Agriculture, Industry, Education, Transportation |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Mostly undeveloped open space, in continuous agricultural use for over 250 years. The Rest Place Grist Mill was restored and made operational in the 1970s. |
| Acreage | 725 |
| Coordinates | 41.82226, -74.16574 (NPS GIS) |
What listing means for this property
This is a historic district. Buildings within its boundary are either contributing (they add to the district's significance) or non-contributing. Owners of contributing income-producing buildings can claim the 20% federal rehabilitation tax credit; homeowners should look at state credits. National Register districts impose no design review by themselves; a local historic district ordinance, if one exists, does (the difference explained).
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 95000602.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q7316039
- This listing as JSON
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