{"nrhp_refnum":"05001396","name":"Harrington Colbblestone Farmhouse and Barn Complex","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"8993 Ridge Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Hartland","county":"Niagara County","state":"NY","lat":43.24771454400005,"lon":-78.52605103374822,"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 33.9-acre farm complex on Ridge Road (State Route 104) in the hamlet of Johnson's Creek, town of Hartland, Niagara County, New York. It centers on a one-and-one-half-story cobblestone farmhouse built in 1843, with a set of historic farm outbuildings.","why_significant":"The farmhouse is a well-preserved example of vernacular cobblestone construction from the Middle Period (ca. 1835-1845), with field cobbles in horizontal courses, stone quoins, sills and lintels. Together with its barns and outbuildings on an intact farm, it also reflects the importance of agriculture in the region.","narrative":"This 33.9-acre farm on Ridge Road in Hartland, Niagara County, centers on a cobblestone farmhouse built in 1843 for Harry Harrington, a Vermont native who bought the land that year. The one-and-one-half-story, gable-roofed house uses medium-sized field cobbles laid in horizontal rows with limestone mortar, Medina sandstone corner quoins, and stone sills and lintels. These features are typical of cobblestone buildings of the Middle Period, roughly 1835 to 1845. Original interior elements include a center-hall plan and staircase. Surrounding the house are three barns, a tool or machine shed, an outhouse, a corn crib, a henhouse and a pump, some dating to the mid or late nineteenth century. Harrington also served as town clerk and justice of the peace before his death in 1849. The property was recognized as an intact example of cobblestone construction and as a farmstead that reflects the area's agricultural history. About one-third of the original 100-acre farm remains.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1843 - ca. 1930s","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Mid-19th Century: Greek Revival (vernacular cobblestone)","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still a working farm in single-dwelling use; the current owner has restored the farm buildings to their original character after decades of neglect.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:53.062132-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/05001396.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05001396/8bbcdb2712-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05001396/8bbcdb2712-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Pubdog (talk)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Harrington_Cobblestone_Farmhouse_Jun_09.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Pubdog (talk)</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Harrington_Cobblestone_Farmhouse_Jun_09.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75313959","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrington_Cobblestone_Farmhouse_and_Barn_Complex","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5664574"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/niagara-county/harrington-colbblestone-farmhouse-and-barn-complex-05001396/"}