{"nrhp_refnum":"10000099","name":"Rowe-Lant Farm","other_names":["Rowe Farm","Lant Farm"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"983 NY Rte. 295","address_restricted":false,"city":"East Chatham","county":"Columbia County","state":"NY","lat":42.40753062200005,"lon":-73.53661548471513,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2010-03-23","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Agriculture","Exploration/Settlement"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 127-acre farm at 983 NY Route 295 near East Chatham, Columbia County, New York, centered on a c. 1790s brick farmhouse with a brick kitchen wing and a frame rear wing, plus several barns and a garage.","why_significant":"The farm is argued to be significant for its architecture, its long agricultural history and its role in early settlement. The farmhouse blends late Georgian and Federal features, with later Italianate updates, and may have housed a tavern with a ballroom. The Rowe family has owned the farm since 1816, and it retains an intact agricultural setting.","narrative":"Rowe-Lant Farm is a 127-acre working farm on Route 295 near East Chatham in Columbia County, New York. Its centerpiece is a brick farmhouse built around the 1790s, with a two-story main block, a one-and-one-half-story brick kitchen wing and a frame rear wing. The main block shows late Georgian and Federal details, including Flemish bond brickwork, a fan-and-rosette frieze and a center-hall plan. A coved ceiling upstairs suggests a former tavern ballroom. Italianate porches were added after the Civil War, and one survives. Barns and a garage, including a timber-frame hay and horse barn from about 1870, record the farm's agricultural use. Garrett M. Rowe bought the property in 1816, already improved with barns and a cider mill, and descendants have held it since. He also granted the Hudson & Berkshire railroad a right-of-way in 1835. Surrounding fields and woodlots keep the historic farm setting largely intact.","period_of_significance":"c. 1790-c. 1950","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Vernacular; Early Republic: Federal; Late Victorian: Italianate","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still a working farm and dwelling; much of the land is in active cultivation under lease to area farmers.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:48.798669-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/10000099.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75317065","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rowe-Lant_Farm","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14707248"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/columbia-county/rowe-lant-farm-10000099/"}