{"nrhp_refnum":"04000287","name":"Van Campen, Moses, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"4690 Birdsall Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Angelica","county":"Allegany County","state":"NY","lat":42.30204657100006,"lon":-77.99840011299995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2004-04-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-one-half-story brick house at 4690 Birdsall Road (County Road 16) in the Town of Angelica, Allegany County, New York, built around 1809 and probably by Moses Van Campen. It sits on a 47-acre property with a late-nineteenth century barn.","why_significant":"The house is described as one of the first brick buildings in the Angelica area and as the first meeting place for local courts. It is the last remaining building directly tied to Major Moses Van Campen, a surveyor, road builder, judge and Revolutionary War veteran who helped open the region to settlement. It is also a rare upstate New York example of a Mid-Atlantic center-hall house type.","narrative":"Built around 1809 on the old Bath-Olean Turnpike east of Angelica, this brick house was made from clay found on the property. Moses Van Campen, a surveyor and former Pennsylvania militia officer, modeled it on homes he knew in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. It has five bays, one room depth, two main stories and a central hall. Van Campen served as a judge, and the house hosted court sessions before a courthouse was built in 1819. It is described as the first brick residence in Angelica and the only surviving building directly linked to him. He lived there until 1831 and returned to die in 1849. Later owners added a porch, trim and windows, and by 1976 the house had deteriorated. Repairs from 1978 to 1992 rebuilt the northwest wing and restored an early nineteenth-century look. The original staircase, floors and mantels remain. The house is listed for its role in local settlement history, its link to Van Campen and its rare house form.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1809-1831","architect_builder":"possibly Moses Van Campen","architectural_style":"Federal","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Used as a private residence; extensively repaired between 1978 and 1992, with a rebuilt northwest wing and replacement windows.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:53.602938-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/04000287.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04000287/363d9fa23e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04000287/363d9fa23e-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"eyesofibad","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Moses_Van_Campen_House_2012-09-29_21-58-48.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">eyesofibad</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:Moses_Van_Campen_House_2012-09-29_21-58-48.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75316435","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses_Van_Campen_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6915969"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/allegany-county/van-campen-moses-house-04000287/"}