{"nrhp_refnum":"03000025","name":"Blinn-Pulver Farmhouse","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"219 Hudson Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Chatham","county":"Columbia County","state":"NY","lat":42.34924354700007,"lon":-73.60333706999995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2003-02-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Federal-style brick farmhouse built c. 1814 at 219 Hudson Avenue (NY 66) at the southern end of the village of Chatham, Columbia County, New York, on a 4.8-acre parcel that was once part of a farm of about 125 acres.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is an intact, representative example of Federal period domestic architecture in Columbia County. Its brick construction, marble trim and semi-elliptical fanlight over the tripartite second-story window make it a relatively rare type in the north central part of the county. It is also one of the oldest buildings in Chatham village and retains a high degree of integrity despite years of neglect.","narrative":"Built around 1814 at the southern edge of Chatham village, this two-story brick farmhouse once anchored a farm of roughly 125 acres. Its walls are laid in Flemish bond under a gabled roof, with a symmetrical five-bay front, white marble sills and lintels, and a modillioned cornice. The wide central bay carries a sidelit entrance below a three-part second-story window topped by a delicate semi-elliptical fanlight. A rear kitchen wing preserves a corbelled brick bake oven. Inside, a central hall plan, wide pine floors, Rumford-style fireplaces and an oval plaster ceiling medallion survive, though the interior is plain apart from the parlor woodwork. The house is considered a classic and relatively rare local example of Federal architecture, a vernacular cousin of the Vanderpoel House in Kinderhook. The Blinn family owned it from 1868 to 1944. Now vacant and deteriorated, it remains largely intact, and a local historical society has sought to acquire it.","period_of_significance":"c. 1814 - early 20th century","architect_builder":"unknown","architectural_style":"Early Republic: Federal","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Listed as vacant and in deteriorated but surprisingly intact condition; the house is described as secure, and the Chatham Historical Society was negotiating to buy it for use as its headquarters and to address roof and rear-wall problems.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:54.165912-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/03000025.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75316956","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blinn-Pulver_Farmhouse","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4926783"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/columbia-county/blinn-pulver-farmhouse-03000025/"}