{"nrhp_refnum":"78001909","name":"Seeley Farmhouse","other_names":["Little Richard's Tavern"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2 Freeman's Bridge Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Schenectady","county":"Schenectady County","state":"NY","lat":42.83172780800004,"lon":-73.93023546299997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-05-23","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A sprawling wood-frame farmhouse at 2 Freeman's Bridge Road in the Town of Glenville, Schenectady County, New York, built around 1850 for John H. Seeley. It is L-shaped, with a Greek Revival front block and a later rear block.","why_significant":"The house is a vernacular, mid-nineteenth-century Greek Revival home that served as an active broom-making farm during the county's broom-corn boom. The front block survives largely as John H. Seeley built it. The house is a reminder of a local industry now almost forgotten, and its atypical tripartite Greek Revival design gives dignity to a house of average size.","narrative":"Built around 1850 on Freeman's Bridge Road in Glenville, this wood-frame farmhouse was home to John H. Seeley, a German-born broom manufacturer. Its front block is an unusual version of the tripartite Greek Revival house, with a two-story pedimented center pavilion, flanking one-and-one-half-story wings, panelled pilasters and a square-posted portico. Inside, the entrance hall, curving staircase, slate mantels, floors, sash and doors remain original. A later rear block, heavily altered, now holds a restaurant and bar. From about 1850 to 1880 Schenectady County supplied a large share of the nation's brooms, and the Seeley farm raised broom corn on the river flats and employed workers who lived on the property. The barns and outbuildings are gone, though broom-making machinery was found in them before demolition. The house survives as a record of that industry and of modest farm architecture lent classical dignity.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899 (specific date c. 1850)","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival (vernacular, tripartite mid-century farmhouse)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied; condition fair. The rear block is used as a tavern and restaurant, the front block is a private residence, and the outbuildings were demolished after 1956.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:39.615992-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/78001909.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75321701","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seeley_Farmhouse","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7445829"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/schenectady-county/seeley-farmhouse-78001909/"}