{"nrhp_refnum":"10001135","name":"Rexford, Cyrus, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1643 Route 146","address_restricted":false,"city":"Rexford","county":"Saratoga County","state":"NY","lat":42.85753981700003,"lon":-73.88890788799995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2011-01-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A twenty-room, three-story frame house with outbuildings on a 2.3-acre lot at 1643 Route 146 in Rexford (Clifton Park), Saratoga County, New York. Parts date to about 1850, and the house was enlarged in 1883 for Cyrus Rexford.","why_significant":"The house is significant as a rare example of late Victorian architecture in Clifton Park, a town with little late nineteenth century building stock because its economy rested on agriculture and canal commerce. Its eclectic design, dominated by Stick Style detailing, was applied to an earlier Greek Revival farmhouse. The period of significance extends to c1910 to include the last historic outbuilding, a dairy barn.","narrative":"Set on a screened 2.3-acre lot at the corner of Route 146 and Riverview Road in Rexford, this twenty-room frame house grew in stages. Portions date to about 1850, including an earlier rear block with heavy timber framing, and in 1883 Cyrus Rexford, a third-generation local resident, had the family home enlarged into a fashionable showpiece. Its steep hipped roof, many dormers, bracketed eaves, turned-post porches and applied stickwork reflect a highly eclectic late Victorian approach, with Stick Style the closest classification. Inside, the hall retains a hand-painted mural, a curving stair and Eastlake-style fireplaces. A gambrel-roofed dairy barn from about 1910 and a converted carriage house also contribute. The house was recognized for architecture because late Victorian houses are uncommon in Clifton Park, where farming and canal trade, rather than industry, shaped the local economy. Rexford's wealth came from family mercantile, hotel and bridge-company interests. The designer is unknown.","period_of_significance":"c1850-1910","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Late Victorian: Stick","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still used as a single dwelling; the carriage house has been converted to a three-car garage and the interior retains many historic finishes.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:48.43679-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/10001135.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10001135/2edef55460-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10001135/2edef55460-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Peter Flass","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cyrus_Rexford_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Peter Flass</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cyrus_Rexford_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75321614","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrus_Rexford_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23092031"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/saratoga-county/rexford-cyrus-house-10001135/"}