{"nrhp_refnum":"06000650","name":"Baker-Merrill House","other_names":["Content"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"38 Grove Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Easton","county":"Washington County","state":"NY","lat":42.991221394000036,"lon":-73.55131800499998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2006-07-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A single-family frame house known as \"Content\" at 38 Grove Road in the rural hamlet of Barker's Grove, Town of Easton, Washington County, New York. It is a mid-19th-century dwelling with a gable-fronted main block and a south wing, set on a 1.8-acre lot with a barn/garage and other outbuildings.","why_significant":"The provided text covers only the Section 7 description and not the Statement of Significance. It presents the house as a well-preserved mid-19th-century dwelling combining Greek Revival and Picturesque/Italianate features, with original windows, blinds, glass, brick-nogged timber framing and period utilities such as acetylene gas piping. The reasons for listing are not stated in the text provided.","narrative":"Known as \"Content,\" this two-story frame house at 38 Grove Road sits in Barker's Grove, a small agrarian hamlet in the Town of Easton, Washington County, New York. The timber-framed dwelling has a gable-fronted main block with a one-and-a-half-story south wing, a rear lean-to, a woodshed, a privy and a coal bin, all forming a roughly T-shaped footprint. Walls are clapboard over brick nogging, on a fieldstone foundation, and the main roof is slate laid over original wooden shingles. The recessed front entrance with pilasters, sidelights and transom reflects Greek Revival design, while the porch has scrollwork brackets. Original glass, louvered blinds and muntins survive, and old gas piping remains from an acetylene lighting system. The 1.8-acre lot includes a barn/garage, a hand-dug well, a filled cistern and a dry-laid stone wall. The house is still used as a single dwelling. The text provided does not include the nomination's significance statement.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Mid 19th Century: Greek Revival, Picturesque/Italianate","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed current function is single dwelling; the house is described as retaining original features, with some replaced sashes and a later coal bin.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:54.160196-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/06000650.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75322816","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baker-Merrill_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4849100"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/washington-county/baker-merrill-house-06000650/"}