{"nrhp_refnum":"00000049","name":"Northrup-Gilbert House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"25 Church St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Phoenix","county":"Oswego County","state":"NY","lat":43.22873082500007,"lon":-76.29649224999997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2000-02-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-and-one-half story frame house at 25 Church Street in the village of Phoenix, Oswego County, New York, built circa 1840 in the Greek Revival manner. The builder is unknown.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is architecturally significant as a representative example of vernacular mid-nineteenth century residential architecture in central New York. It shows the proportions, construction methods and finishes typical of small village houses of the 1840s. It is notable for its strong integrity, since most similar houses have been altered or lost.","narrative":"Built around 1840 on a small village lot at the corner of Church and Jefferson streets in Phoenix, New York, this one-and-one-half story frame house reflects the modest Greek Revival homes of central New York's growing canal and mill towns. Its mortise-and-tenon frame, vertical plank walls, clapboard siding, corner pilasters and cornice returns are typical of 1840s village construction. Inside, the original plan, plaster walls, chestnut floors and early hardware survive, with only minor changes such as plumbing added in the 1930s. Early occupants included Rensselaer and Clarissa Northrup, and later William Gilbert, a lawyer and canal collector who served as a Civil War staff officer. Local tradition links the Gilberts to Underground Railroad support. The house was listed for its architecture, as an unusually well-preserved example of a type that has mostly been altered or lost. It remains a home and is used to teach local history to schoolchildren.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1840","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Mid-19th Century / Greek Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still used as a single dwelling; the owner lives there and shows it to local schoolchildren. It was designated a local landmark in 1987.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:51.238168-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/00000049.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00000049/2196c1df04-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00000049/2196c1df04-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Josh Peelman","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Northrup-Gilbert_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Josh Peelman</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Northrup-Gilbert_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75320847","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrup-Gilbert_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7059694"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/oswego-county/northrup-gilbert-house-00000049/"}