{"nrhp_refnum":"12000368","name":"Maxwell Farm","other_names":["O'Donnell-Hill Farm"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"311 Cty. Rd. 61","address_restricted":false,"city":"Jackson","county":"Washington County","state":"NY","lat":43.10525527600004,"lon":-73.3988031580139,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2012-06-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Agriculture","Exploration/Settlement"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic farmstead of eight contributing resources on 102 acres on County Route 61 in the Town of Jackson, Washington County, New York. It includes a c. 1815 timber-frame house and a barn begun c. 1790, along with other outbuildings.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the farm is architecturally and historically significant as a largely unaltered agricultural complex in an intact rural setting. The main barn's early English-barn core is among the earliest frames surveyed in the area. The farm also illustrates settlement by the Maxwell family and the changing agricultural practices of the region from the 1790s through the 1920s.","narrative":"Maxwell Farm, also known as the O'Donnell-Hill Farm, is a cluster of agricultural buildings on a shoulder of land in the Taconic foothills of Jackson, Washington County, New York. The nominated area covers 102 acres of historically associated land. The heavy timber-frame house dates to about 1815. It began as a story-and-a-half building with a rear kitchen ell and was later given Greek Revival trim, while interior details such as the stair and east parlor mantel reflect Federal-style design. The main barn grew from a small English barn, dated to about 1790, whose hand-hewn oak frame is among the earliest surveyed in the area. Other contributing resources include a corn crib, two secondary barns, a milk house, a garage and a well with hand pump. The Maxwell family came from Scotland late in the eighteenth century and farmed the land into the 1870s, followed by the Hill family. The farm is significant for its architecture, its record of regional agricultural change and its intact rural setting.","period_of_significance":"c. 1790-c. 1920","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Mid-19th Century: Greek Revival; Other: Vernacular","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Historic and current functions are listed as domestic single dwelling and agriculture/subsistence; the setting is described as substantially intact.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:48.439493-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/12000368.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75322847","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxwell_Farm","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23091926"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/washington-county/maxwell-farm-12000368/"}