{"nrhp_refnum":"10000594","name":"Caspar Getman Farmstead","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1311 Stone Arabia Rd","address_restricted":false,"city":"Stone Arabia","county":"Montgomery County","state":"NY","lat":42.93658829000006,"lon":-74.51228215483174,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2010-08-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 93-acre family farmstead at 1311 Stone Arabia Road in Stone Arabia, Montgomery County, New York, with a c1850 Greek Revival main house, a c1790 New World Dutch barn, two English barns, a limestone smokehouse and a small shed.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the farmstead is architecturally significant as a modest local home with related farm buildings in a highly intact setting, typical of a regional family farm. It is also historically significant as an example of early settlement by Palatine Germans and later agricultural development. The c1790 Dutch barn is described as a rare surviving eighteenth-century example, and five generations of Getman descendants farmed the land.","narrative":"This 93-acre farm on Stone Arabia Road, north of the Mohawk River in Montgomery County, New York, preserves a cluster of buildings arranged in a flattened U around a south-facing work yard. The core includes a c1850 two-story clapboard farmhouse with a rear ell, limestone foundation, scroll-sawn brackets and an elaborate carved entrance. Two lateral-entry English barns stand nearby, along with a limestone smokehouse and a small shed. The oldest building is a c1790 New World Dutch barn, built in the years after the Revolutionary War raids that destroyed the Stone Arabia settlement. It keeps its H-shaped interior supports, anchor beams and hand-wrought hardware. The farm reflects the settlement of the region by Palatine Germans in the eighteenth century and the work of five generations of Caspar Getman's descendants. It was recognized for its architecture, its largely unchanged rural setting and its record of local agricultural history from about 1790 to 1920. Five buildings contribute to its significance.","period_of_significance":"c1790-1920","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Mid-19th Century: Greek Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"The main house is still used as a dwelling, and part of the ell has been converted to a garage.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:47.905926-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/10000594.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000594/f4fcd67e72-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000594/f4fcd67e72-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Mkratzschmar","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Recent_picture_of_Caspar_Getman_Farmstead_taken_from_the_south.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Mkratzschmar</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Recent_picture_of_Caspar_Getman_Farmstead_taken_from_the_south.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75318994","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caspar_Getman_Farmstead","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5049019"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/montgomery-county/caspar-getman-farmstead-10000594/"}