{"nrhp_refnum":"03001398","name":"McVickar House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"131 Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Irvington","county":"Westchester County","state":"NY","lat":41.038920000000076,"lon":-73.86572999999999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2004-01-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-one-half-story Greek Revival frame house at 131 Main Street in the village of Irvington, Westchester County, New York, built in 1853 and remodeled about twenty years later.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is a good and intact example of Greek Revival residential architecture in Westchester County under Criterion C. It shows a type of three-bay, side-gabled frame house common in the lower Hudson Valley, updated after the Civil War with Picturesque details. It was also built on land bought by the Rev. John McVickar, tied to the founding of St. Barnabas Church.","narrative":"Built in 1853 on Main Street in Irvington, this Greek Revival frame house is the second oldest on the street. It has three bays, a side-hall entrance with sidelights and transom, a gabled roof parallel to the facade, and original six-over-six windows. About twenty years after construction, a hipped-roof front porch with carved brackets and decorative vergeboards gave it a Picturesque, Victorian look. The land was bought in 1853 by the Rev. John McVickar, a Columbia professor and Episcopal leader who moved to the village to establish a chapel school that became St. Barnabas Church. His son used the small house as a residence while the church and rectory were built. Later owners included a grocer and a carriage-factory family, and Consolidated Edison bought it in 1957 for a substation behind it. Rented until 1992, it then deteriorated. The village acquired it in 2002 for the local historical society, which began restoration. It was listed as a representative Greek Revival house of the region.","period_of_significance":"1853 - C. 1865","architect_builder":"unknown","architectural_style":"Mid 19th Century: Greek Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Listed function is vacant; the house was rented until 1992, then fell into disrepair. The Village of Irvington acquired it in June 2002 for the Irvington Historical Society, and a major restoration was in its initial stages.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:52.907698-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/03001398.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03001398/50360a9d15-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03001398/50360a9d15-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Daniel Case","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:McVickar_House,_Irvington,_NY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniel Case</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:McVickar_House,_Irvington,_NY.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75323103","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McVickar_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3661127"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/westchester-county/mcvickar-house-03001398/"}