{"nrhp_refnum":"12000343","name":"Payne, William A., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"505 Elmgrove Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Greece","county":"Monroe County","state":"NY","lat":43.18150135500008,"lon":-77.73309092299996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2012-06-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Politics/Government"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-one-half-story Queen Anne style wood frame house at 505 Elmgrove Road in the town of Greece, Monroe County, New York, built in 1905 by William A. Payne, with a contributing 1905 carriage barn.","why_significant":"The house is significant under Criterion B in politics for its association with William A. Payne, Monroe County Sealer of Weights and Measures from 1908 to 1932 and a founder of the statewide sealers' association. It is the only extant building directly tied to him. It is also significant under Criterion C as a representative turn-of-the-twentieth-century Queen Anne house with Colonial Revival details.","narrative":"This two-and-one-half-story wood frame house at 505 Elmgrove Road in Greece, New York, was built in 1905 by William A. Payne. It shows the Queen Anne style through a full-width front porch, an asymmetrical form, a complicated roof of hipped and cross gables, bay windows and fish scale shingles. Cornice returns in the gable ends add Colonial Revival influence. A wood frame carriage barn from the same year stands northwest of the house. Inside, the house keeps original wood floors, wide moldings and a stained oak staircase. Payne served as Monroe County Sealer of Weights and Measures from 1908 until his death in 1932. He helped found the statewide association of sealers that worked toward fair and uniform weighing and measuring for merchants and consumers. He lived in the house until his death, and his family stayed until 1978 with few significant changes. The property was listed for this association and for its architecture, with a period of significance of 1905 to 1932.","period_of_significance":"1905-1932","architect_builder":"unknown","architectural_style":"Queen Anne","criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"Still used as a residence; the kitchen was remodeled in 1991 and repairs and alterations have been done in-kind.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:47.731846-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/12000343.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/12000343/255d02456b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/12000343/255d02456b-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Wheelski","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wm_Payne_Home_Greece_NY.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Wheelski</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wm_Payne_Home_Greece_NY.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75318898","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Payne_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23091991"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/monroe-county/payne-william-a-house-12000343/"}