{"nrhp_refnum":"72000824","name":"Fenton, Gov. Reuben, Mansion","other_names":["Walnut Grove"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"68 S. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Jamestown","county":"Chautauqua County","state":"NY","lat":42.09135546200008,"lon":-79.23864438499999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1972-10-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A brick Italian Villa style mansion at 68 South Main Street in Jamestown, Chautauqua County, New York, built in 1863 on a hill overlooking the Chadokoin River Valley. It is also known as Walnut Grove.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it a well-preserved, essentially original example of the mid-nineteenth-century Italian Villa style. It is closely associated with Reuben Eaton Fenton, a prominent New York political figure during the Civil War period, who served in Congress, as Governor and as Senator.","narrative":"Walnut Grove, also called the Governor Fenton Mansion, is a brick house at 68 South Main Street in Jamestown, New York. Built in 1863 to a design by Jamestown architect Aaron Hall, it sits on a hilltop above the Chadokoin River Valley. The house is an example of the Italian Villa style, with an asymmetrical plan shaped like an irregular Latin cross, a four-story tower, bracketed eaves, round-headed windows with heavy label moldings, and porches set into the corners. Inside are marble fireplaces, deeply molded doorways, foliate plasterwork and an elaborate wooden chimneypiece with a mirrored overmantel. It was built for Reuben Eaton Fenton (1819-1885), who served in Congress from 1853 to 1864, as Governor of New York from 1865 to 1869, and as Senator from 1869 to 1875. The City of Jamestown acquired it in 1919 as a Soldiers and Sailors Memorial. It now holds the Fenton Historical Society's offices, library and museum, and its grounds are a park.","period_of_significance":"1863","architect_builder":"Aaron Hall, architect of Jamestown","architectural_style":"Italian Villa","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in good condition and essentially original. It is city-owned, houses the offices, library and museum of the Fenton Historical Society, remains available to veterans' groups, and its grounds serve as a park.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:39.897007-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/72000824.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72000824/4ac00ef0aa-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72000824/4ac00ef0aa-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Pubdog (talk)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gov._Reuben_Fenton_Mansion_Nov_10.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Pubdog (talk)</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gov._Reuben_Fenton_Mansion_Nov_10.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75316768","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gov._Reuben_Fenton_Mansion","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5588531"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/chautauqua-county/fenton-gov-reuben-mansion-72000824/"}