Elka Park Historic District is a national

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located at

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Greene County, New York Greene County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 47,931. Its county seat is Catskill. The county's name is in honor of the American Revolutionary War general Nathanael Greene. History ...

. The district contains 31 contributing buildings, one contributing site, and one contributing structure. It is composed of a planned community of 20 seasonal houses founded and developed as small, late 19th century, summer residential enclave by wealthy German Americans. It includes 19 summer cottages, an observation tower, and a former community

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converted to residential use. ''See also:'' It was listed on the

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in 1993.

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Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Queen Anne architecture in New York (state) Shingle Style architecture in New York (state) 1890s architecture in the United States Historic districts in Greene County, New York National Register of Historic Places in Greene County, New York {{GreeneCountyNY-NRHP-stub