{"nrhp_refnum":"75001218","name":"Ashcroft","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"112 Jay St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Geneva","county":"Ontario County","state":"NY","lat":42.853705312000045,"lon":-76.98561097799995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1975-11-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Landscape Architecture","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Ashcroft is a large Gothic-style brick country house with grounds and a barn at 112 Jay Street on the southern edge of Geneva, Ontario County, New York. It was built in 1862 to a design by Calvert Vaux.","why_significant":"The nomination presents Ashcroft as a key surviving example of work by the Anglo-American architect Calvert Vaux. It argues the design achieved his goals of well-balanced irregularity and blending of a building into its natural setting. The house is largely unaltered inside and out, and the driveway, lawns and planted trees survive from the landscape setting.","narrative":"Ashcroft is a two-and-a-half-story brick country house on the southern fringe of Geneva, New York, facing east across broad lawns toward Seneca Lake. Calvert Vaux designed it in 1862 by transforming the modest 1 1/2 story dwelling of Amon Langdon into a picturesque Gothic villa. Its high slate roof, numerous gables and dormers with carved verge-boards, decorative ventilator turret, corbelled chimneys, bay windows and pointed-arch verandas show Vaux's preference for irregular, varied design. Inside, marble and wood mantels, plaster ceiling ornament, parquet floors and a stained glass skylight survive, and a large frame barn stands northwest of the house. Vaux's formal garden has largely disappeared, but the winding driveway, lawns and planted trees remain. The house later hosted social and political gatherings under Stephen Hammond, including a visit by President Chester Arthur in 1884. It was listed as a key example of Vaux's work and of his blending of architecture with landscape.","period_of_significance":"1862","architect_builder":"Calvert Vaux (architect); Thomas Crawford, mason; Andre Smith and P. Gaylord, carpenters","architectural_style":"Gothic (picturesque country villa)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in good condition and occupied as a private residence at the time of nomination; it stood vacant from 1934 to 1942.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:38.822972-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/75001218.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75001218/05034eecd9-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75001218/05034eecd9-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Doncram","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ashcroft_2.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Doncram</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ashcroft_2.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"74001286","name":"South Main Street Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/south-main-street-historic-district-74001286/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75320489","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashcroft_(Geneva,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4804753"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/ontario-county/ashcroft-75001218/"}