{"nrhp_refnum":"12000798","name":"Thomas-Wiley-Abbott Farmstead","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"703 Johnsonville Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Johnsonville","county":"Rensselaer County","state":"NY","lat":42.87230172050005,"lon":-73.50254841614824,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2012-09-19","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Agriculture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 168.9-acre farmstead at 703 Johnsonville Road in Johnsonville, Town of Pittstown, Rensselaer County, New York, with a house begun about 1790-1800, nineteenth-century barns and several outbuildings.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the farmstead is an intact and representative example of a historic Pittstown farm, with a dwelling and agricultural outbuildings showing construction features typical of the region. It is also cited under agriculture and architecture. It was nominated at the local level under a Pittstown farmsteads multiple property context.","narrative":"Along Johnsonville Road in the Town of Pittstown, this 168.9-acre farm preserves a house and a group of agricultural buildings spanning roughly two centuries. The frame house grew in three stages: a modest center block from about 1790-1800, a larger Greek Revival south wing around 1840, and a kitchen wing added about 1870. Two nineteenth-century timber-frame barns form an L-shaped group with later cow barn and milk house additions. A workshop, garage, and a combined hen house and corn crib complete the contributing buildings, while a later pole barn does not contribute. Woodlots, fields, stone walls and a pond-fed stream remain part of the setting. The land was assembled from four lots of a colonial patent and sold to Jacob Lansing Abbott in 1840. The property was recognized as an intact and representative Pittstown farmstead, important for its architecture and its record of local agriculture through 1962.","period_of_significance":"ca.1800-1962","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Mid-19th Century, Greek Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still used for some agricultural production; land is partly leased for hay and corn and the house is a dwelling.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:48.02082-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/12000798.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75314480","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas%E2%80%93Wiley%E2%80%93Johnson_Farmstead","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23092120"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/rensselaer-county/thomas-wiley-abbott-farmstead-12000798/"}