{"nrhp_refnum":"08000104","name":"Servoss House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"3963 Fruit Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Medina","county":"Orleans County","state":"NY","lat":43.218921942000065,"lon":-78.43079617599994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2008-02-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A single-family Greek Revival house at 3963 Fruit Avenue in the Town of Ridgeway near Medina, Orleans County, New York, on the north bank of the Erie Canal. It was built between 1830 and 1833 for Christopher Servoss.","why_significant":"The nomination argues significance under Criterion C for its Greek Revival architecture and its rare horizontal plank-frame (stacked plank) construction. It retains strong integrity in original materials, interior finishes and woodwork. It is described as a notable example of its type in Orleans County and along the Erie Canal.","narrative":"Set on ten remaining acres beside the Erie Canal west of Medina, this Greek Revival house was built between 1830 and 1833 for Christopher Servoss, who had bought 235 acres from the Holland Land Company in 1820. Canal carpenters and masons, free after the canal's completion, helped construct it. The three-bay main block has a hipped roof, large brackets, Doric pilasters and a paneled entrance with sidelights, flanked by porched wings. Its walls use horizontal plank-frame construction, in which planks are stacked solid and then covered with clapboard outside and plaster inside, a method rarely used. Interior finishes are carved from cucumber tree wood, and the floors are wide pine planks. A late nineteenth-century brick smokehouse stands behind the house. The property stayed in the Servoss family for over a hundred years before being sold in 1940. It is valued for its architecture, construction method and high integrity.","period_of_significance":"1830-1833","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Mid-19th Century/Greek Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Remains a single-family residence; interior and exterior woodwork restored and historic character maintained.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:53.971169-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/08000104.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000104/fc6cc21c56-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000104/fc6cc21c56-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Daniel Case","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Servoss_House,_Medina,_NY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniel Case</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:Servoss_House,_Medina,_NY.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75320817","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Servoss_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7455933"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/orleans-county/servoss-house-08000104/"}