{"nrhp_refnum":"11001008","name":"Lehman, John, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"407 Kilts Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Sharon Springs","county":"Schoharie County","state":"NY","lat":42.79729915100006,"lon":-74.58254224099994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2012-01-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Greek Revival-influenced farmhouse at 407 Kilts Road in Sharon, Schoharie County, New York, built about 1855 for John Lehman Jr. It is a two-story, front-gable timber-framed house with a side wing and an east wing, plus two early 20th-century outbuildings.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a locally important, highly intact example of mid-nineteenth century vernacular architecture in the town of Sharon. It shows regional building practices and local adaptations of Greek Revival detailing. It also reflects the Lehman family, early settlers who became among the area's most prosperous farmers.","narrative":"Set on a five-acre parcel along Kilts Road in Sharon, Schoharie County, this farmhouse was built around 1855 for John Lehman Jr., his wife, their five children, and his brother's household. It is a two-story, front-gable timber-framed house on a cut limestone foundation, with a side wing and a later-looking east wing. Classical details include a front gable pediment, Doric corner pilasters with profiled bases, and a main entrance framed by pilasters and a full entablature. Inside are wide plank floors, two-panel doors, and a parlor with diamond-paneled window aprons. Two small early twentieth-century outbuildings, a chicken coop and a shed, also contribute. The house was listed for its architecture, as a locally important example of vernacular building that adapted fashionable Greek Revival ideas. The surrounding landscape of ridges, fields and scattered farmsteads has changed little, and it still reflects the cluster of Lehman family farms in the area.","period_of_significance":"c1855-c1930","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Mid-19th Century: Greek Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Currently used as a single dwelling. The interior was abandoned for a period, which heavily damaged the original plaster walls, and the current owner has since made repairs.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:47.912175-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/11001008.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75321751","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137294579"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/schoharie-county/lehman-john-house-11001008/"}