{"nrhp_refnum":"08001079","name":"Shelp, John, Cobblestone House","other_names":["Shelp-Beamer House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"10181 West Shelby Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Middleport","county":"Orleans County","state":"NY","lat":43.158181319500045,"lon":-84.46417950123325,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2008-11-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story cobblestone farmhouse with a frame wing and three farm outbuildings, located on West Shelby Road in the Town of Shelby, near Middleport, Orleans County, New York. The house was completed around 1836.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a largely intact example of a large cobblestone residence in western Orleans County and a distinguished example of Greek Revival architecture in the Town of Shelby. It shows late-period cobblestone masonry craftsmanship. Later interior and porch changes reflect the farm's prosperity into the early twentieth century.","narrative":"This cobblestone farmhouse on West Shelby Road in the Town of Shelby, Orleans County, was completed around 1836. It has a two-story main block faced with small, uniform field cobbles laid in horizontal rows, with limestone quoins and cut stone trim, plus a frame wing. Three outbuildings survive: a carriage barn, a milk house and a large gambrel-roofed dairy barn. John Shelp, described as a good farmer, built up the acreage and moved into the house in 1838. Around 1900 the central hall was rebuilt in Queen Anne style with an oak staircase and balcony, and a wraparound porch with Tuscan posts was added after a stove fire. The property declined and was abandoned in the mid-twentieth century before restoration began in the late 1960s. It is listed for its intact cobblestone construction, Greek Revival character and evidence of a prosperous farm's evolution. It is one of six cobblestone buildings in Shelby and 90 in the county.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1836-ca. 1904","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival; Colonial Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Abandoned and in decline in the mid-twentieth century; restored to its ca. 1900 appearance by owners who bought it in the late 1960s. Still used as a single dwelling.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:53.961195-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/08001079.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08001079/93be0d02e4-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08001079/93be0d02e4-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Daniel Case","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Shelp_Cobblestone_House,_West_Shelby,_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:John_Shelp_Cobblestone_House,_West_Shelby,_NY.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75314251","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Shelp_Cobblestone_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14706689"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/orleans-county/shelp-john-cobblestone-house-08001079/"}