{"nrhp_refnum":"06000574","name":"Shew, Godfrey, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1632 S. Shore Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Fish House","county":"Fulton County","state":"NY","lat":43.14497607500007,"lon":-74.12342820596204,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2006-07-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, timber-framed Federal-style farmhouse built in 1784 on a 7.8-acre parcel on South Shore Road (County Route 110) in the hamlet of Fish House, town of Northampton, Fulton County, New York. A circa 1885 carriage barn and a privy also stand on the property.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is the oldest surviving building in the town of Northampton and a rare, intact example of a post-Revolutionary vernacular farmhouse in the Sacandaga area. It is tied to the Shew family, early settlers who rebuilt after their cabin was burned in a 1778 raid. It is also one of the few surviving buildings of the lost settlement of Fish House, much of which was flooded by the Great Sacandaga Lake.","narrative":"Built in 1784 on a ridge above the Sacandaga Valley, this timber-framed farmhouse in Fish House, Fulton County, is the oldest surviving building in the town of Northampton. Godfrey Shew, a German-born settler recruited to Sir William Johnson's estate, and his sons raised it after raiders burned their earlier cabin and farm in 1778 and took the family captive to Quebec. The two-story house has five bays, clapboard siding, a stone foundation, a center-hall plan, wide plank floors, simple Federal moldings and an original kitchen hearth and oven. A circa 1885 carriage barn and a privy complete the historic group. The house reflects regional building practice of the post-Revolutionary settlement period and shows how a working farmhouse evolved into the late nineteenth century. It also survives as one of few remnants of old Fish House, much of which was flooded when the Great Sacandaga Lake was created around 1930.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1784-1885","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Early Republic/Federal","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still used as a residence; the form lists current function as domestic/residence and notes a modern kitchen installed in a rear wing.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:53.138487-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/06000574.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75317881","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godfrey_Shew_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5576538"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/fulton-county/shew-godfrey-house-06000574/"}