Pratt Rock

{{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox NRHP | name =Pratt Rock Park | image = Pratt Rock Postcard 1909.jpg | caption = | nearest_city = Prattsville, New York | location=NY 23 NW of jct. with NY 23A | coordinates = {{coord|42|18|43|N|74|24|39|W|display=inline,title}} | locmapin= | area = | built = 1843<ref name=nrhpdoc>{{cite report|type=none|url=https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75318027 |title=National Register of Historic Places Registration: New York SP Pratt Rock Park|publisher=National Archives and Records Administration |author= John A. Bonafide|date=October 1992 | access-date=November 1, 2025 }} ({{NationalArchivesNote}})</ref> | added = December 10, 1992<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2007a}}</ref> | refnum=92001645 }} '''Pratt Rock''', also known as '''Pratt's Rock''', is a rockface or other landform that includes a series of stone carvings in Prattsville, New York, depicting the life of Zadock Pratt.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.prattmuseum.com/history/PrattRocks.htm |title=Pratt Rocks in Prattsville |accessdate=2008-08-29 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080610094421/http://www.prattmuseum.com/history/PrattRocks.htm  |archivedate = 2008-06-10}}</ref> Pratt was supposed to be buried in a tomb carved into the stone, but work was stopped after only a small recessed chamber was created because water leaked through the rock overhead, and excavating the stone was providing to be too difficult. The rock was originally a monument for Pratt's son, George W. Pratt, who was killed in the Civil War. It is considered the first memorial for the Civil War.

Ripley's ''Believe it or Not'' once called it "New York's Mt. Rushmore".

As '''Pratt Rock Park''', the place was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1992.<ref name="nris"/> thumb|Pratt Rock as viewed from below

{{wide image|View from the top of Pratt Rock.jpg|750px|View from the top of Pratt Rock. The Schoharie Creek can be seen in the valley.}}

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==External links== {{commons category|Pratt Rock}} *[http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/2178 Pratt Rock, at RoadsideAmerica.Com] includes photos *[https://web.archive.org/web/20110609064349/http://www.prattmuseum.com/pratt-rock-park.html Pratt Rock Park history] *[http://www.catskillsearch.com/site/2009/07/15/pratt-rock/ Pratt Rock Photo Gallery] {{National Register of Historic Places in New York}}

Category:Prattsville, New York Category:Parks in Greene County, New York Category:Parks on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Category:National Register of Historic Places in Greene County, New York