{"nrhp_refnum":"08000446","name":"Bevier-Wright House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"776 Chenango St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Port Dickinson","county":"Broome County","state":"NY","lat":42.139459241000054,"lon":-75.89481964999999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2008-05-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Greek Revival house built c1853 at 776 Chenango Street in Port Dickinson, Broome County, New York, with a nineteenth-century barn on a two-acre lot. It was built for Cornelius Bevier beside the former Chenango Canal.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is a highly intact example of a Greek Revival canal-era builder's cottage in Broome County. It also reflects Port Dickinson's growth from canal settlement to manufacturing and shipping center, and then to a residential suburb linked to Binghamton by streetcar. It is one of a handful of surviving properties recalling the village's early history.","narrative":"Built around 1853 for Cornelius Bevier, this wood-frame house at 776 Chenango Street in Port Dickinson sits beside the route of the former Chenango Canal. It has a two-story main block, a cross-gabled wing and a rear service wing, with clapboard siding, a projecting cornice with returns and an entrance framed by sidelights, a transom and pilasters. A nineteenth-century barn stands on the two-acre lot. The house is regarded as a highly intact example of a small Greek Revival canal-era cottage, with symmetrical details such as blind windows that mirror the opposite side. Bevier, a grandson of an early settler, moved from farming to carpentry and broom manufacturing as the canal reshaped the village. The Wright family bought the house in 1889, and it has changed little since about 1900 apart from the loss of a porch in the 1960s. It is among the few buildings that document the village's early development.","period_of_significance":"c1853-c1900","architect_builder":"unknown","architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The house survives virtually as built, with its main alterations being the loss of a 1890s front porch and shutters; it remains a single-family dwelling.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:52.711211-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/08000446.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000446/4e27adc4e6-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000446/4e27adc4e6-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Tkeator","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bevier_Wright_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Tkeator</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:Bevier_Wright_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75316541","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bevier-Wright_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4899648"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/broome-county/bevier-wright-house-08000446/"}