{"nrhp_refnum":"04000986","name":"Straight, Elisha, House","other_names":["Hartford Museum","Civil War Enlistment Center"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"55 Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Hartford","county":"Washington County","state":"NY","lat":43.36483713900003,"lon":-73.39330987399995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2004-09-15","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Exploration/Settlement","Military"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A house and attached Greek Revival annex at 55 Main Street (CR 23) in the village of Hartford, Washington County, New York. The 1-1/2 story New England Colonial/Federal house dates to about 1810, and the annex to about the 1830s.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it meets Criterion A because the annex served as the 1862 Civil War enlistment center where 65 of 134 volunteers of Company E, 123rd Regiment enlisted, and because the house is one of the first structures from the town's early settlement. It also meets Criterion C as a rare, little-altered example of modest New England Colonial/Federal construction in an area otherwise shaped by Dutch Colonial traditions.","narrative":"Built around 1810 on Main Street in Hartford, New York, this small heavy-timber house reflects the building habits of New England settlers who moved into Washington County. It began as a 1-1/2 story, one-room plan with a large central chimney, was later enlarged with a south parlor and sleeping rooms, and then received a rear kitchen ell in the early 1830s that required raising part of the roof. A Greek Revival annex of about the 1830s stands beside it and was used as a carpentry shop by cabinet maker Sylvanus Hatch. On August 22, 1862, that annex served as the enlistment center where 65 of the 134 volunteers of Company E, 123rd Regiment, signed up for the Civil War. It is described as the only surviving Civil War enlistment center in New York State. The house is also valued as one of the earliest and most intact buildings in town, and today it operates as a museum.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Colonial (New England) / Federal house; Greek Revival annex","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Current function is listed as recreation/museum (Hartford Museum and Civil War Enlistment Center); the interior retains much of its original or early finishes.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:54.142269-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/04000986.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04000986/de77c279b6-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04000986/de77c279b6-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Daniel Case","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hartford_Museum,_Hartford,_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:Hartford_Museum,_Hartford,_NY.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75322874","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisha_Straight_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5361812"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/washington-county/straight-elisha-house-04000986/"}