{"nrhp_refnum":"12001131","name":"Cannon-Brownell-Herrington Farmstead","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"551 Otter Creek Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Johnsonville","county":"Rensselaer County","state":"NY","lat":42.875314508500026,"lon":-73.50017832722985,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2013-01-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Agriculture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic farmstead district at 551 Otter Creek Road in Johnsonville, Town of Pittstown, Rensselaer County, New York, developed from about 1807 and including a house, barns, a corn crib and a family burial plot.","why_significant":"The farmstead is argued to be an intact, representative example of a Pittstown farm under the Historic Farmsteads of Pittstown multiple property context, with an assemblage of house and agricultural outbuildings from the early 1800s to the early twentieth century. It also shows how later generations adapted older buildings to new needs. Additional significance is cited under Criterion A for agriculture.","narrative":"This farmstead on Otter Creek Road in the Town of Pittstown, Rensselaer County, grew from land that Silas Herrington Jr. began assembling in 1807 and that reached about 165 acres by 1821. The surviving buildings reflect later generations of farming. The frame house has an east wing and ell from about 1830, with a larger central block and west wing added about 1870 in Italianate style. A bank barn from about 1862 and a hay barn from about 1895 form the core of the main dairy barn group. Melvin Quackenbush built the sheep barn in 1899 and the horse barn in 1902, which includes a wool storage and packing area. A corn crib and a family burial plot complete the historic group. The property was listed for its intact collection of buildings showing regional farm construction and for its long agricultural use, with a period of significance running from 1807 to 1962. It remains a working farm.","period_of_significance":"1807-1962","architect_builder":"Melvin Quackenbush, horse and sheep barns","architectural_style":"Mid-19th Century and Early Republic; house with Greek Revival and Italianate details","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still used as a working farm, with the house in multiple-family residential use and the barns used for dairy operations, storage and animals.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:48.449739-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/12001131.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"12000798","name":"Thomas-Wiley-Abbott Farmstead","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/thomas-wiley-abbott-farmstead-12000798/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75314488","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannon%E2%80%93Brownell%E2%80%93Herrington_Farmstead","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22021944"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/rensselaer-county/cannon-brownell-herrington-farmstead-12001131/"}