{"nrhp_refnum":"100005957","name":"Wheeler, George and Addison, House (Boundary Increase)","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"6353 and 6342 Grimble Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"East Bloomfield","county":"Ontario County","state":"NY","lat":42.859167,"lon":-77.372778,"geom_source":"wikidata"},"listed_date":"2020-12-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Agriculture","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A farmhouse with a barn/carriage house and family burial ground on a 110-acre farm at 6353 Grimble Road, East Bloomfield, Ontario County, New York. The house was built in two sections, ca. 1818 and 1840.","why_significant":"The house is presented as an outstanding, remarkably intact example of early to mid-19th century rural domestic architecture, combining a vernacular settlement-period cottage with a Greek Revival temple-front block. The surviving barn and working farmland illustrate the agricultural history of the Finger Lakes region. The family cemetery, established in 1828, reflects early rural burial practices.","narrative":"This farmhouse on Grimble Road in East Bloomfield, Ontario County, grew in two stages. George Wheeler built a small one-and-one-half story saltbox-style cottage around 1818 after buying 185 acres, and it survives as the rear wing, with heavy timber framing and wide floorboards. About 1840 his son Addison added a two-story Greek Revival temple-front block with a pedimented portico carried on four fluted Ionic columns, a trabeated entrance with transom and sidelights, and 6/6 sash windows. Inside, the room layout, fluted trim with corner blocks and mantelpieces with Greek fret and acanthus motifs remain intact. A mid- to late 19th-century barn/carriage house and a family burial ground begun in 1828, with eleven simple headstones, also survive. The 110-acre working farm continues to show the agricultural history of the Finger Lakes region. The property was recognized for its architecture and its link to local farming, and a conservation easement protects the land.","period_of_significance":"1818 - ca. 1900","architect_builder":"unknown","architectural_style":"Mid-19th Century: Greek Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Used as a single-family dwelling; restored by its owners, with a conservation easement granted on the 110 acres in 2002. Much of the land is leased to a tenant farmer.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:48.575257-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/05000168.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75320560","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_and_Addison_Wheeler_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5546653"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/ontario-county/wheeler-george-and-addison-house-boundary-increase-100005957/"}