{"nrhp_refnum":"74001224","name":"Moss, Horace O., House","other_names":["Preferred Manor"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"45 S. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New Berlin","county":"Chenango County","state":"NY","lat":42.621093392000034,"lon":-75.33152704199995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1974-05-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Art","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story field stone house built in 1831 for Horace O. Moss at 45 South Main Street, New Berlin, Chenango County, New York, with a one-story frame addition from the 1890s.","why_significant":"The house is presented as a substantial and elaborate example of Federal architecture, standing out on a tree-lined street of less pretentious, later houses. Its Federal interior is notable for a circular stairway surrounded by hand-painted scenic wallpaper by Pierre Jacquemart. A descendant's undocumented belief that Richard Upjohn designed it is noted, based on design similarities to Upjohn's 1833 Farrar house.","narrative":"Built in 1831 for Horace O. Moss, one of Chenango County's leading citizens, this two-story field stone house at 45 South Main Street in New Berlin is a fine example of Federal architecture. It is five bays wide and five deep, with a truncated hip roof topped by a central belvedere, corner chimneys, stone quoins, and two porticos with Ionic columns. A one-story frame addition dates to the 1890s. Inside, a center hall holds a spiral staircase surrounded by scenic wallpaper titled \"Chasse de Compiegne,\" painted by Pierre Jacquemart in Paris between 1801 and 1834. A hand-carved weathervane panel above the stairs connects to the exterior by a rod through the attic. The basement includes cooking fireplaces, an ice house, a cistern and a root cellar. One descendant has speculated that Richard Upjohn designed the house, though this is undocumented. It now serves as a company guest house.","period_of_significance":"1831 (19th Century)","architect_builder":"Horace O. Moss, builder; architect unknown (Richard Upjohn design attribution is speculative and undocumented)","architectural_style":"Federal","criteria":[],"status_note":"Excellent condition; altered; original site. Used as a guest house by a private company.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:39.358508-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/74001224.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74001224/f58caea036-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74001224/f58caea036-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Doug Kerr from Upstate New York","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Horace_O._Moss_House_May_09.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Doug Kerr from Upstate New York</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Horace_O._Moss_House_May_09.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75316886","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_O._Moss_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14706402"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/chenango-county/moss-horace-o-house-74001224/"}