Cragsmoor Historic District Explained

Cragsmoor Historic District
Nrhp Type:hd
Nocat:yes
Coordinates:41.6703°N -74.3767°W
Built:mid-19th to mid-20th century
Architect:Bert Goldsmith, Frederick Dellenbaugh, among others
Added:1996
Refnum:96000860

The Cragsmoor Historic District in a historic district that includes most of the Cragsmoor hamlet atop the Shawangunk Ridge in the Town of Wawarsing, part of Ulster County, New York, United States. It is roughly bounded by Henry, Cragsmoor and Sam's Point roads, a Y-shaped area of 3,620 acres (14.5 km²). Within it are 168 buildings (mostly homes), 15 structures and 11 objects, all located amidst a quiet, heavily wooded ridgetop community. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.[1]

Many of the buildings in the district date to Cragsmoor's founding as an art colony in the late 19th century,[2] when Edward Lamson Henry and some of his fellow painters visited what was then a small mountain hamlet for local loggers and grew enamored of the scenery.[3] Many homes were designed by Frederick Dellenbaugh and Bert Goldsmith. George Inness, Jr. and Charles Courtney Curran were among the artists who lived and worked here.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Registration: Cragsmoor Historic District. March 1996. 2010-03-20 . Harry P. Hansen and John Bonafide. New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. See also: Web site: Accompanying 59 photos.
  2. News: Amy. Gutman. A Mountaintop Retreat With an Artistic Air. The New York Times. September 9, 2005. 2007-10-19.
  3. Web site: Cragsmoor Free Library History. 2007-10-19.
  4. Web site: Cragsmoor & Sam's Point. 2007-10-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20080511204041/http://www.blithwood.com/cragsmoor.html. 2008-05-11. dead.