{"nrhp_refnum":"04000710","name":"Bates, Cyrus, House","other_names":["Oliver Bates House","T.O. Whitney House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"7185 NY 3","address_restricted":false,"city":"Henderson","county":"Jefferson County","state":"NY","lat":43.82450874800003,"lon":-76.20188514099993,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2004-07-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Exploration/Settlement"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 1-1/2 story, five-by-three bay limestone house with a one-story limestone kitchen wing, built c. 1820 on NY Route 3 in Henderson, Jefferson County, New York, by members of the Bates family.","why_significant":"The house is significant in Architecture and Settlement as a well-preserved example of modest Federal period residential design and early 19th century masonry construction in Jefferson County. It was built by one of Henderson's earliest families. It is also linked to Mormon apostle Orson Pratt, who married Sarah Marinda Bates there in 1836, though Criterion B was not claimed.","narrative":"Built around 1820 on the west side of NY Route 3 in Henderson, this limestone house is a 1-1/2 story, five-by-three bay building with a one-story kitchen wing. Its walls are two feet thick, laid in random rock-faced ashlar of locally quarried stone, and details include flat stone lintels and sills, quoins, and an elliptical arch with keystone over the entry. Inside, large oak logs joined with wooden hooks support the structure. The house was the center of a large farm and dairy operation until the mid-1940s. It was built by members of the Bates family, early settlers of Henderson, though whether Cyrus or his father Oliver led construction remains uncertain. The house is also associated with Orson Pratt, a Mormon apostle who married Sarah Marinda Bates there in 1836. It was listed for its architecture and its role in the area's settlement, and it remains a residence with much original fabric intact.","period_of_significance":"c.1820","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Federal","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still used as a residence; the farm barns and outbuildings have been lost to fire or age, leaving the house and some foundations on a roughly 2.1-acre parcel.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:53.208691-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/04000710.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04000710/9faaa92d66-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04000710/9faaa92d66-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Loslazos","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HendersonNY_OliverBates.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Loslazos</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:HendersonNY_OliverBates.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75318210","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrus_Bates_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5201070"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/jefferson-county/bates-cyrus-house-04000710/"}