{"nrhp_refnum":"74001223","name":"Bly, Smith, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"4 N. Maple St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Ashville","county":"Chautauqua County","state":"NY","lat":41.209531036000044,"lon":-73.98792628999996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1974-10-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Greek Revival house at 4 North Maple Street in the village of Ashville, Chautauqua County, New York, built in 1835 by Smith Bly for himself. It has a two-story main block and a one-story wing.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it a fine provincial example of Greek Revival architecture, described as a nearly perfect one. It shows a carpenter-builder's personal use of the classical orders drawn from architectural handbooks, with woodwork carved by craftsmen brought from Philadelphia. It remains largely unaltered.","narrative":"On a tree-lined street in the village of Ashville, this white-painted frame house was built in 1835 by Smith Bly for his own use. It has a three-bay, two-story main block and a one-story wing, both under low hipped roofs with wide Greek Revival cornices. Fluted Ionic columns frame the west facades, and the wing has a four-column porch. The recessed main entrance has a carved architrave, sidelights and a transom. Inside, a open-string stairway with turned balusters and a circular ceiling ornament in the northwest parlor stand out. The house cost $7,000, a considerable sum for the time and place. Bly relied on plates from architectural handbooks, including those of Minard Lefever, and brought workmen from Philadelphia to carve the woodwork. Its decoration resembles houses in western Pennsylvania, close to Ashville. The house has been called a nearly perfect example of Greek Revival design and remains largely unaltered.","period_of_significance":"1835","architect_builder":"Smith Bly (carpenter-builder, built for himself); woodwork carved by workmen brought from Philadelphia","architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed in excellent condition, largely unaltered, on its original site, and used as a private residence.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:39.783143-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/74001223.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74001223/09a7a0b60f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74001223/09a7a0b60f-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Pubdog","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Smith_Bly_House_Jul_12.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Pubdog</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Smith_Bly_House_Jul_12.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75316753","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smith_Bly_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7545073"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/chautauqua-county/bly-smith-house-74001223/"}