{"nrhp_refnum":"07000621","name":"Pines, The","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"3998-4000 Lyons Falls Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lyons Falls","county":"Lewis County","state":"NY","lat":43.62317309900004,"lon":-75.35844887699994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2007-06-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A rural estate on 8.79 acres near Lyons Falls in Lewis County, New York, consisting of a vernacular Italianate main house built circa 1860 and a group of outbuildings, overlooking the High Falls of the Black River.","why_significant":"The estate is argued to be a substantially intact rural estate house tied to the Segar-Lyon-Fisher family, prominent in the development of Lyons Falls and Lewis County. The house is also a relatively rare local example of pattern book Italianate influence. Its additions and renovations from the 1890s through the 1930s show how the family used the property over several generations.","narrative":"Overlooking the High Falls of the Black River near Lyons Falls, this estate in Lewis County centers on a two-story timber frame house built around 1860 in a vernacular Italianate style. It has a nearly square plan, a flat roof with broad eaves, a raised verandah, and a rooftop belvedere. Five outbuildings, including a carriage house, a T-shaped barn and a maple sap boiling house, and two stone gateposts complete the 8.79-acre property. The land was first settled in 1826 by Francis Segar, a state senator and county judge, and his wife Laura Lyon Segar. It later passed to the Lyon and Fisher families, who were leading timber owners and mill developers in the region. Later owners added a Colonial Revival porte cochere, a service wing, and an office wing in the 1930s. The house is considered a rare local example of pattern book Italianate design and a lasting reminder of the family's prominence. The family kept it until 1982.","period_of_significance":"circa 1860-1930","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"MID-19th CENTURY/Italianate","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Listed as a private single-dwelling property, still in residential use; sold out of the family by the last heirs in 1982.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:52.640634-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/07000621.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75318600","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pines_(Lyons_Falls,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7757173"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/lewis-county/pines-the-07000621/"}