{"nrhp_refnum":"05001383","name":"Brown Farmstead","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"238 Browns Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Walden","county":"Orange County","state":"NY","lat":41.537450017000054,"lon":-74.14256297414622,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2005-12-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Agriculture","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A roughly 113-acre farmstead at 238 Browns Road in the Coldenham area of the Town of Montgomery, near Walden, Orange County, New York. It has a timber-frame farmhouse built c. 1834 and expanded in 1879, plus a c. 1938 dairy barn.","why_significant":"The farm is locally significant for its association with the Brown family, Irish immigrants who settled it in the late 1820s, and with John Knox Brown (1854-1941), a prominent local dairyman and farm leader. It also illustrates the region's agricultural heritage through its largely intact historic land, a Greek Revival house updated in Late Victorian style, and a Jamesway-plan dairy barn.","narrative":"Brown Farmstead is a 113-acre farm in the Coldenham area of the Town of Montgomery, Orange County, with hay fields bounded by stone walls and a farmhouse set on a slight rise above Browns Road. John T. Brown, an Irish immigrant, bought the land in 1828 and built the two-story frame house around 1834 in the Greek Revival style, with a side-passage plan. In 1879 the house was widened to a center-passage plan, and Queen Anne and Eastlake details such as a turned porch and decorative fascia were added. Much original woodwork, including grained trim and the stair, survives. A dairy barn built about 1938 from Jamesway plans holds stalls for 30 cows. The farm reflects the long career of John Knox Brown (1854-1941), a dairyman who led farmers' organizations and served as a school trustee. Listing recognizes its agricultural and architectural importance, and its setting remains among the more intact rural landscapes in eastern Montgomery.","period_of_significance":"1828-c. 1941","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Mid 19th Century: Greek Revival; Late Victorian: Queen Anne, Eastlake","criteria":[],"status_note":"Still in the Brown family and in use as a dwelling and agricultural land; some earlier outbuildings are in advanced decay, and a granary and ice house were lost to fire in 1966.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:53.047802-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/05001383.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05001383/4e918947c3-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05001383/4e918947c3-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Daniel Case","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brown_Farmstead.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniel Case</a>, <a href=\"http://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:Brown_Farmstead.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75320590","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_Farmstead","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4976139"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/orange-county/brown-farmstead-05001383/"}