{"nrhp_refnum":"11001061","name":"Smith, John, Farm","other_names":["Slate Creek Farm"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"1059 NY 80","address_restricted":false,"city":"Hallsville","county":"Montgomery County","state":"NY","lat":42.93628891250006,"lon":-74.7293362518652,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2012-01-31","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Agriculture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 199-acre dairy farm district on State Highway 80 near Hallsville in the town of Minden, Montgomery County, New York. It has a c1834 brick and frame farmhouse, modified c1860-70, and several outbuildings.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the farm is significant for architecture and agriculture. The house combines Greek Revival and Italian Villa elements, and the farmstead shows the area's shift to dairying and cheese production in the nineteenth century. John Smith was a prosperous dairyman and president of the local cheese factory association.","narrative":"This 199-acre farm along State Highway 80 near Hallsville, in the town of Minden, grew from a c1834 farmstead into a large dairy operation. The main house is a two-and-a-half-story brick and frame building on a cut limestone foundation. It was raised and updated around 1860-70 with scroll-sawn brackets, a frieze band with small windows and a robust front door surround. Inside are a double-pile plan, faux bois painted woodwork, a curved stair and a rear service block with a historic kitchen and butler's pantry. Surrounding buildings include a gambrel-roofed dairy barn with silo, a carriage house and granary, a chicken coop, a corn crib, a hog pen, a scale house and a farm manager's house. Eight resources contribute and one does not. Census records from 1860 show John Smith's wealth was nearly double that of neighbouring farmers, and he led the local cheese factory association. The farm reflects the Mohawk Valley area's dairying and cheese economy and its mid-nineteenth-century architecture.","period_of_significance":"c1834-1961","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Mid-19th Century: Greek Revival, Italian Villa","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Main house is still used as a single dwelling; one late 20th century ranch house is noncontributing.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:48.65279-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/11001061.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75319045","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Smith_Farm","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23092080"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/montgomery-county/smith-john-farm-11001061/"}