{"nrhp_refnum":"80002657","name":"Nellis, Jacob, Farmhouse","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Nellis St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Nelliston","county":"Montgomery County","state":"NY","lat":42.933804190000046,"lon":-74.60974017706803,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-09-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A stone farmhouse on the south side of Nellis Street, east of the village of Nelliston, Montgomery County, New York, built in the early 1830s on an operating family farm.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a rare, intact example of Greek Revival style adapted to the vernacular story-and-a-half farmhouse and built in quarried limestone rather than wood. It is also tied to the Palatine German Nellis family, who arrived in 1723 and whose descendants have farmed the land for over 140 years. Land from the farm became much of the village, and Abram Nellis helped establish the village that bears the family name.","narrative":"Set on a hillside with a view over Nelliston and Fort Plain, this limestone farmhouse on Nellis Street was built in the early 1830s. It is a five-bay, one-and-a-half-story rectangle of coursed ashlar with a lower three-bay extension on the north and a wooden kitchen added before 1900. Greek Revival details include a wide fascia with eyebrow windows, roof returns, a boxed cornice and a one-bay porch with four pillars. The nomination values it as a rare intact example of Greek Revival elements applied to the older story-and-a-half farmhouse plan, executed in locally quarried stone. Jacob W. Nellis, descended from Palatine Germans who came to the area in 1723, bought the farm in 1834. His son Abram helped establish the village named for the family. Descendants have worked the farm for over 140 years, and a small nineteenth-century barn and a larger twentieth-century barn remain on the property.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival (vernacular farmhouse form)","criteria":[],"status_note":"The front historic portion is intact and partially unused in winter; the rear addition has a modern kitchen, and the farm is still operating.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:41.764537-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/80002657.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75313694","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Nellis_Farmhouse","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6119041"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/montgomery-county/nellis-jacob-farmhouse-80002657/"}