{"nrhp_refnum":"08000770","name":"Blatchley House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"370 Blatchley Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Jordanville","county":"Herkimer County","state":"NY","lat":42.90575082300006,"lon":-74.93280085199996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2008-08-15","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A vernacular Italianate timber-frame farmhouse at 370 Blatchley Road, in the town of Warren near Jordanville, Herkimer County, New York, built circa 1855 by an unidentified master builder for the Blatchley family.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is an exceptionally intact example of Italianate residential architecture in rural southern Herkimer County. It reflects early pattern book influence, notably Samuel Sloan's The Model Architect, and retains a high share of original exterior and interior features, including original wallpaper and pantry cabinetry.","narrative":"Set on a five-acre parcel along Blatchley Road in the town of Warren, near Jordanville, this two-story timber-frame house was built around 1855 in the Italianate style. It sits on a high cut limestone basement and has a flat roof, clapboard siding, a bracketed and denticulated cornice, elaborate porches, and a square rooftop belvedere. Inside, most rooms keep their original lath and plaster, molded trim, and layers of nineteenth-century wallpaper, including a rare paper imitating varnished wood wainscoting. The pantry retains its full set of period cabinetry and shelving. The house was probably built for Minor Blatchley, a dairy and hops farmer, and his family during a period of agricultural prosperity. Its design reflects early pattern book influence, including Samuel Sloan's The Model Architect. It was listed for its architecture, as a notably intact and imposing regional example of its type. After decades of neglect, it is being restored as a single-family home.","period_of_significance":"circa 1855-1889","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Mid-19th Century/Italianate","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"After decades of neglect, the house is being sensitively restored for use as a single-family residence.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:53.610045-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/08000770.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75318108","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blatchley_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4925501"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/herkimer-county/blatchley-house-08000770/"}