{"nrhp_refnum":"10000222","name":"Drovers Inn and Round Family Residence","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"2 Pumphouse Rd and 301 Main St","address_restricted":false,"city":"Vestal","county":"Broome County","state":"NY","lat":42.091296414000055,"lon":-76.05431250199996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2010-04-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-building historic district in Vestal, Broome County, New York, made up of the Drovers Inn (1844) and the Rounds Family Residence (1895, tower added 1912), on opposite sides of Pumphouse Road near the Susquehanna River.","why_significant":"The buildings are significant for their ties to the development of Vestal and the locally prominent Rounds family, who used the site for about a hundred years. The inn is an intact example of a turnpike-era roadside hotel with Greek Revival details and a later Victorian overlay. The Queen Anne residence, designed by architect Truman I. Lacey, is notable for its lavish interior and exceptional integrity.","narrative":"Two buildings on Pumphouse Road in Vestal, New York, record a century of use by one local family. The Drovers Inn was built in 1844 by Ransom Baty Sr. for brothers John D. and Jacob L. Rounds, near a river crossing on the Susquehanna. It served travelers and farmers driving livestock to market. Its Greek Revival form, long rectangular plan and two-story veranda were later overlaid with ornate Victorian decoration around 1880. The inn closed in 1855 and became a family home, then later a funeral home, apartments and a restaurant. Across the road stands the Queen Anne style Rounds Family Residence, built in 1895 for Fayette L. Rounds, the Vestal railroad station master, and designed by Truman I. Lacey. An engaged tower was added in 1912. The house remained in the family until 2001 and retains elaborate original interior finishes. Both buildings are now vacant. Together they illustrate the Rounds family's long presence at this site and the town's growth.","period_of_significance":"1844-c1912","architect_builder":"Drovers Inn: Ransom Baty Sr., builder; Rounds Family Residence: Truman I. Lacey, architect","architectural_style":"Greek Revival with c1880 Victorian/Eastlake overlay (Drovers Inn); Queen Anne (Rounds Family Residence)","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Both buildings are listed as vacant in current function. The inn was a restaurant from 1987 to 2008, and a new owner hopes to return it to use.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:48.252065-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/10000222.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000222/fcc5c0c9f1-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000222/fcc5c0c9f1-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Mmellander","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Driversinn_vestal.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Mmellander</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:Driversinn_vestal.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75316561","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drovers_Inn_and_Round_Family_Residence","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5308656"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/broome-county/drovers-inn-and-round-family-residence-10000222/"}