{"nrhp_refnum":"08000468","name":"Otis, Job and Deborah, House","other_names":["East Otis Farm"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1882-1886 Sherwood Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Sherwood","county":"Cayuga County","state":"NY","lat":42.76276963600003,"lon":-76.61495318399994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2008-05-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Social History","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Federal style farmhouse at 1882-1886 Sherwood Road, about a quarter mile east of the hamlet of Sherwood in the town of Scipio, Cayuga County, New York. It was built in 1815 by Dr. Pearley Kinney and sits on a 4.5-acre parcel with one surviving 19th-century barn.","why_significant":"The house is tied to the Otis family, prominent Quakers in the Sherwood area who were active during a period of Quaker-based equal rights movements. Deborah Otis, a Quaker minister, guided a local Wilburite group that came to be known as Otisites. The house is also considered an outstanding, highly intact example of Federal style domestic architecture in Scipio.","narrative":"Built in 1815 by Dr. Pearley Kinney, this Federal style farmhouse stands on 4.5 acres just east of Sherwood in Scipio, Cayuga County. It has a two-story, three-bay main block with a side ell, a pedimented front gable with a louvered fan, and a trabeated entrance with sidelights. Inside, the room layout, wide-plank floors, original doors, staircases and two fine Federal mantelpieces survive. A mid- to late 19th-century barn also remains. Job and Deborah Otis bought the farm in 1833 after leaving New Bedford, Massachusetts. Deborah was a Quaker minister who opposed Gurneyite reform activism and became a leading Wilburite. A group of her followers in the Sherwood area came to be called Otisites. The house is valued for its link to this Quaker family and the area's equal rights movements, and as an outstanding example of Federal domestic architecture. Later Otis descendants continued to live on the farm into the 1930s.","period_of_significance":"1815-ca. 1900","architect_builder":"unknown (built in 1815 by Dr. Pearley Kinney, per the narrative)","architectural_style":"Early 19th century; Federal","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Still used as a single family dwelling; the interior and the house itself are described as remarkably intact.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:52.917217-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/08000468.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75312206","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Job_and_Deborah_Otis_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6206703"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/cayuga-county/otis-job-and-deborah-house-08000468/"}