{"nrhp_refnum":"01000577","name":"Wilson, Aaron, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2037 Wilson Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Ovid","county":"Seneca County","state":"NY","lat":42.64779583500004,"lon":-76.83131957496067,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2001-05-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Agriculture","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, five-bay, center-hall fieldstone farmhouse built about 1835 on Wilson Road in the town of Ovid, Seneca County, New York, with surrounding farm outbuildings and 187 acres of farmland.","why_significant":"The house is argued to be an outstanding, remarkably intact example of early nineteenth-century late Federal/early Greek Revival domestic architecture in Seneca County, built of locally quarried fieldstone. It is also significant for agriculture, as the farm and its surrounding land remain actively farmed and reflect the county's rural agrarian heritage.","narrative":"Built around 1835, this two-story, five-bay, center-hall farmhouse sits on Wilson Road in Ovid, Seneca County. Its walls are roughly hewn, random-course fieldstone from a local quarry, under a gable roof with a wide wood entablature. Windows have six-over-six sash with stone sills and lintels, and the front entrance has a massive stone lintel, paneled reveals and sidelights. Aaron Wilson, son of early settler Joseph Wilson, acquired 100 acres in 1835 and began construction soon after. The land had earlier been part of a Revolutionary War military lot. The farm stayed in the Wilson family until 1941. A late nineteenth and early twentieth century dairy barn, a machine shed with corn crib, and a pump house remain nearby. The house is valued as an unusually large and finely crafted vernacular version of high-style Federal and Greek Revival design, and the 187-acre farmed landscape reflects the region's agricultural heritage. Interior changes have been made, but the exterior remains largely intact.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1835 - ca. 1950","architect_builder":"unknown","architectural_style":"Early-19th Century: Federal (late Federal/early Greek Revival)","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still used as a single-family dwelling; most of the 187 acres is still farmed. The interior has been altered, and the frame wing is non-contributing.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:51.067852-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/01000577.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01000577/305cb41c0f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01000577/305cb41c0f-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Jerrye &amp; Roy Klotz, MD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AARON_WILSON_HOUSE,_OVID,_SENECA_COUNTY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jerrye &amp;amp; Roy Klotz, MD</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:AARON_WILSON_HOUSE,_OVID,_SENECA_COUNTY.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75321852","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Wilson_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4662551"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/seneca-county/wilson-aaron-house-01000577/"}