{"nrhp_refnum":"71000539","name":"Herkimer House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Near NY 5 S.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Danube","county":"Herkimer County","state":"NY","lat":43.02800733600006,"lon":-74.8140147095012,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1971-02-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Military","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick house with a gambrel roof on the banks of the Mohawk River, near State Route 5S in Danube, Herkimer County, New York, built in the 1750s by Nicholas Herkimer.","why_significant":"It was the home of Nicholas Herkimer, Brigadier General of the Tryon County Militia, who rallied his men after being wounded at the ambush at Oriskany in 1777. The house later served as a canal tavern after the Erie Canal was built, was remodeled in the Greek Revival style, and was bought by New York State in 1913 as a historic site. The form marks significance in architecture and military history across the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries.","narrative":"Herkimer House is a two-story brick residence on the Mohawk River, about three miles east of Little Falls, New York. Nicholas Herkimer built it in the 1750s. He later became a Brigadier General in the Tryon County Militia and, although wounded in the leg during an ambush at Oriskany on August 6, 1777, rallied his men to hold the field. He died ten days later, and the house passed to his brother George. When the Erie Canal was built in the 1820s, the house became a canal tavern and was extensively remodeled in the Greek Revival style. After canal travel declined, it was neglected, and a fire in 1908 destroyed part of it. New York State bought the property in 1913 as a historic site and carried out a first restoration in 1914-15. Major alterations from 1960 to 1967 sought to return the house to its appearance in Herkimer's day. It is now a museum in excellent condition.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Nicholas Herkimer (1728-1777)","architectural_style":"Greek Revival (1820s remodeling of an earlier house)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed in excellent condition and altered; owned by the State of New York, occupied, and used as a museum. Restoration work between 1960 and 1967 attempted to return it to its appearance in General Herkimer's day.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:39.608687-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/71000539.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/71000539/522062e24a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/71000539/522062e24a-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Wknight94 talk","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Herkimer_House_2009.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Wknight94 talk</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:Herkimer_House_2009.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75318146","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herkimer_Home_State_Historic_Site","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5739262"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/herkimer-county/herkimer-house-71000539/"}