{"nrhp_refnum":"10000591","name":"Morse Cobblestone Farmhouse","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2773 Maple Rd","address_restricted":false,"city":"Wilson","county":"Niagara County","state":"NY","lat":43.28052394500003,"lon":-78.79853862799996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2010-08-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A cobblestone farmhouse at 2773 Maple Road in the rural Town of Wilson, Niagara County, New York, built c.1840 to c.1845. The builder is unknown, and the house is named for James M. Morse, its owner by 1875.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a substantially intact, representative example of cobblestone construction in Niagara County, typical of the Middle Period (c.1835-c.1845). It has field cobbles in horizontal rows, stone quoins, and stone sills and lintels. Gothic drip moulds over the main block windows are unusually sophisticated for an otherwise vernacular Greek Revival farmhouse.","narrative":"Built between about 1840 and 1845 on Maple Road in the Town of Wilson, this cobblestone farmhouse sits on a 10-acre remnant of an original 100-acre farm about three miles from Lake Ontario. Its L-shaped plan has a two-story main block, a side block, and a rear kitchen block, all faced in small field cobbles laid in neat rows with limestone quoins, sills and lintels. The form is mainly Greek Revival, but Gothic drip moulds over the main block windows add a more refined touch. A flat-roofed porch and interior changes date to about 1910. The house is named for James M. Morse, who bought land in Wilson in 1840 and appears as owner on an 1875 atlas. It is one of roughly 47 cobblestone buildings in Niagara County and was listed for its architecture, as a well-preserved example of Middle Period cobblestone masonry. Two early stone barns remain on the property.","period_of_significance":"c.1840-c.1910","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Mid 19th Century: Greek Revival, Gothic Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still used as a single dwelling; no longer used for farming. Two early stone barns remain on the 10-acre parcel, one restored in 2009.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:48.086308-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/10000591.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000591/2cce7e9867-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000591/2cce7e9867-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Pubdog (talk)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Morse_Cobblestone_Farmhouse_Nov_10.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Pubdog (talk)</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Morse_Cobblestone_Farmhouse_Nov_10.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75313961","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morse_Cobblestone_Farmhouse","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6914240"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/niagara-county/morse-cobblestone-farmhouse-10000591/"}