{"nrhp_refnum":"10000516","name":"Moser Farm","other_names":["The Mennonite Heritage Farm"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"8778 Erie Canal Rd","address_restricted":false,"city":"Kirschnerville","county":"Lewis County","state":"NY","lat":43.89338587000003,"lon":-75.33182781580504,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2010-07-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History","Agriculture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 68.3-acre family dairy farmstead on Erie Canal Road in Kirschnerville, Town of New Bremen, Lewis County, New York. It holds a c1845 farmhouse, a granary and two 1874 English barns, and is now a living history museum.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the farm is a highly intact example of a vernacular nineteenth-century family dairy farm typical of the region. It is also tied to early Mennonite social history in New Bremen, since the Moser family hosted worship services in the house before a church was built in 1912. The buildings record three generations of the Moser family, from the 1840s to 1988.","narrative":"Moser Farm is a 68.3-acre farmstead in Kirschnerville, Lewis County, New York, with a c1845 farmhouse, a granary and two English banked barns dated 1874. Brothers John and Joseph Moser, Mennonites who fled religious and civil persecution in France and arrived in 1833 as indentured teenagers, built the farm. The frame house has a two-story main block and a later ell added in stages, with a granite foundation and clapboard siding. Its parlor and dining room, linked by a passage, were arranged so a speaker could preach to both rooms during services. Poor soil for wheat led John Moser to dairy farming by the 1870s, and the barns reflect that change. The family hosted Amish Mennonite worship in the home until a church was built in 1912. Three generations lived here until Menno Moser died in 1988, after which the farm became the Mennonite Heritage Farm museum. It is significant for its intact agricultural buildings and its link to local Mennonite history.","period_of_significance":"c1840-1960","architect_builder":"Unknown (built by Mennonite brothers Joseph and John Moser, per the narrative)","architectural_style":"Mid 19th Century","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Operates as a living history museum, the Mennonite Heritage Farm, since 1988; owned by a historical society.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:48.471923-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/10000516.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75318594","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moser_Farm","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6915645"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/lewis-county/moser-farm-10000516/"}