{"nrhp_refnum":"05001531","name":"McVean, David, House","other_names":["McVean-Jones-Reeves House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"805 North Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Scottsville","county":"Monroe County","state":"NY","lat":43.02807935200008,"lon":-77.76036229899995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2006-01-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick Federal-style farmhouse at 805 North Road in Scottsville, Town of Wheatland, Monroe County, New York, built in 1832 for farmer David McVean. It sits on a 5.3-acre parcel with two modern non-contributing outbuildings.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a highly intact example of Federal-period residential design in the Scottsville area. It combines a traditional five-bay Georgian form with Federal decoration and shows fine brickwork and woodwork. It is also tied to David McVean, a prominent local wheat farmer and town supervisor, and was praised by architect Carl Schmidt and a 2003 survey.","narrative":"Built in 1832 for David McVean, a Scottish-born wheat farmer and community leader, this brick house on North Road in Scottsville, Monroe County, is a well-preserved example of Federal-period design. The five-by-three-bay main block is laid in Flemish bond on a cut-stone foundation and has a Palladian window above the entrance. Inside, a double-pile plan, reeded door and window surrounds, simple three-block mantels and seven fireplaces survive, including a large cooking fireplace in the basement kitchen. The roof was raised in the mid-nineteenth century, and modern kitchen and mechanical systems were added around 1934, but the house otherwise changed little. McVean served as Wheatland town supervisor and was the first in town to use a portable threshing machine. Architect Carl Schmidt featured the house in his publications, and a 2003 survey called it one of the most important Federal-style houses in the area. Its builders remain unidentified.","period_of_significance":"1832-1955","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Early Republic / Federal","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still used as a single dwelling; changes over time have not seriously compromised its integrity.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:53.255807-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/05001531.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05001531/5cfda75069-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05001531/5cfda75069-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"rogerhogle","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:David_McVean_House_2012-09-20_17-15-32.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">rogerhogle</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:David_McVean_House_2012-09-20_17-15-32.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75318878","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_McVean_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5237467"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/monroe-county/mcvean-david-house-05001531/"}