{"nrhp_refnum":"74001219","name":"Wellman House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Friendship","county":"Allegany County","state":"NY","lat":42.20630429400006,"lon":-78.13668333999993,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1974-06-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 2 1/2 story clapboard house on Main Street in Friendship, Allegany County, New York, dating to 1835. It sits on 3 1/2 acres of landscaped grounds and has a 1920s addition and a carriage house converted to a garage.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the house as a well-preserved though altered example of mid-19th century architecture and a focal point of the village. It is also tied to the Wellman family, notably Col. Abijah Joslyn Wellman and his son Guy, who were prominent in local banking, industry, politics and law. The formal grounds, reduced from an original 72 acres, add to its grandeur.","narrative":"Wellman House is a clapboard residence on Main Street in Friendship, New York, dating to 1835. It occupies 3 1/2 acres of formal grounds near the center of the village. The original block was later given a mansard roof with Victorian segmental dormers, and a two-story gabled addition was built in the 1920s. A board-and-batten carriage house with a gambrel roof, now a three-bay garage, stands to the rear. The house is valued as a well-preserved though altered example of mid-19th century architecture and as a focal point of the village. It is also linked to the Wellman family. Col. Abijah Joslyn Wellman worked in banking, lumbering and petroleum, served as a town supervisor and sat in the State Senate, where he framed prison reform legislation. His son Guy, a Yale and New York Law School graduate, had a notable legal career. After Guy Wellman's widow died in 1973, ownership passed to the village under his will.","period_of_significance":"19th Century (specific date 1835)","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Mid-19th century house with a later Victorian mansard roof","criteria":[],"status_note":"Good condition and altered; owned by the Village of Friendship after transfer under Guy Wellman's will; listed as a private residence in present use.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:38.726197-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/74001219.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75316437","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wellman_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14707733"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/allegany-county/wellman-house-74001219/"}