{"nrhp_refnum":"04001456","name":"Howland, Charles- William H. Chase House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"188 Cayuga St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Union Springs","county":"Cayuga County","state":"NY","lat":42.84611989500007,"lon":-76.68981818099996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2005-01-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, five-bay, center-hall limestone Greek Revival farmhouse at 188 Cayuga Street in Union Springs, Cayuga County, New York, built in 1840 with three stone outbuildings (barn, shed, smokehouse) on about 8 acres.","why_significant":"The house is presented as an outstanding, remarkably intact example of mid-19th-century Greek Revival domestic architecture in Union Springs, a finely crafted vernacular adaptation of high-style trends. With its stone barn, shed, smokehouse and farm setting, it also recalls the farming history of the Springport-Union Springs area. It is tied to the Howland family, who developed milling in the village, and to gentleman farmer William H. Chase.","narrative":"Built in 1840, this two-story limestone house on Cayuga Street in Union Springs was financed by George Howland, a New Bedford whaling magnate who invested in the village's mills, for his son Charles. The five-bay, center-hall dwelling uses locally quarried stone and shows Greek Revival styling, including a trabeated entrance with a massive stone lintel and Doric columns. Inside, original room arrangements, molded door and window surrounds, classical fireplace surrounds and a fine front staircase survive. Charles Howland soon moved away, and the house passed to his sister Elizabeth and her husband William H. Chase, a prominent gentleman farmer. By the late nineteenth century it served as a dormitory for Oakwood Seminary. A stone barn, shed and smokehouse remain behind the house on about eight acres, a fraction of the original estate of roughly 100 acres. The property was listed for its architecture and its link to local agriculture.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1840 - ca. 1900","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Mid-19th Century: Greek Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Current use is single-family dwelling; the house retains its original room layout and most decorative details, though its parapet, balustrades, front porch and formal garden were lost.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:53.118349-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/04001456.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04001456/3ef1d0f396-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04001456/3ef1d0f396-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Doncram","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Charles_Howland-William_H_Chase_House.jpeg\" rel=\"noopener\">Doncram</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:Charles_Howland-William_H_Chase_House.jpeg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75316709","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Howland-William_H._Chase_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5079192"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/cayuga-county/howland-charles-william-h-chase-house-04001456/"}