{"nrhp_refnum":"06000267","name":"Geiger, Elias H., House","other_names":["Geiger--Weidman House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"10693 Geiger Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Dansville","county":"Livingston County","state":"NY","lat":42.51765876150006,"lon":-77.72654858797475,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2006-04-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Italianate wood-frame farmhouse on Geiger Road in the Town of Ossian, southern Livingston County, New York, built in 1866 or 1867 by lumberman and master carpenter Elias H. Geiger, on a 182.6-acre property with two 1937 barns and a 1988 sawmill.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a largely intact and distinctive example of Italianate residential architecture in Ossian. It reflects Geiger's success as a builder and lumber merchant and recalls the town's nineteenth-century prosperity in agricultural and forest products. The surviving barns and farmland add to the local significance of the agricultural complex.","narrative":"This farmhouse on Geiger Road in the Town of Ossian, Livingston County, was built in 1866 or 1867 by Elias H. Geiger, a master carpenter, lumberman and businessman who operated several steam sawmills in the area. The two-story wood house has a forty-foot-square main block, a shallow hipped roof with large brackets, a bracketed front veranda and a central projecting pavilion with cornice returns. Inside, a through central hall holds an open stair with a turned newel post and balusters, and the rooms retain heavy Italianate mouldings and cast brass hardware. A rear wing appears to predate the main block. The property covers 182.6 acres of the original 232 and includes two barns built in 1937 after fire destroyed the original barn, plus a 1988 sawmill that does not contribute to its historic character. The house was listed as a largely intact Italianate residence and a reminder of Ossian's nineteenth-century prosperity.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1867-1937","architect_builder":"Elias H. Geiger","architectural_style":"Italianate","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still used as a single dwelling; the interior is largely intact, with a modernized kitchen and a fireplace added to the southeast parlor in the late twentieth century.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:53.627511-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/06000267.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/06000267/911539868b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/06000267/911539868b-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Jerrye &amp; Roy Klotz, MD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ELIAS_H._GEIGER_HOUSE,_DANSVILLE,_LIVINGSTON_COUNTY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jerrye &amp;amp; Roy Klotz, MD</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:ELIAS_H._GEIGER_HOUSE,_DANSVILLE,_LIVINGSTON_COUNTY.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75318647","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elias_H._Geiger_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5360515"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/livingston-county/geiger-elias-h-house-06000267/"}