Houseboat LA DUCHESSE, The Antique Boat Museum, Clayton, Jefferson County, NY
Summary
Significance: Built in 1903 for George Boldt, whose biography is a rags-to-riches story of a Prussian immigrant who came to the United States and became a wealthy businessman, LA DUCHESSE survives as a luxurious houseboat exemplifying the Gilded Age.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1077
Survey number: HAER NY-338
Building/structure dates: 1903 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1943 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1946-1947 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1954 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1956-1957 Subsequent Work
Tags
Date
1903 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Antique Boat Museum
Boldt, George
Tams, Lemoine & Crane
Noble, E J
Canadian Dredge and Dock
Furness, Glen
Hutchinson's Boat Works, Inc
Miles, Alfred Graham
Boldt, Louise Clover
McNally, Andrew, III
Summers, John
Antique Boat Museum, sponsor
Hougen, Jessica
Nadolski, Lora
Croteau, Todd, project manager
Chrisitanson, Justine, transmitter
Location
Clayton Center, 44.23949, -76.08578
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html