{"nrhp_refnum":"80002730","name":"Williams, Johann, Farm","other_names":["Arthur Williams Farm"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"10831 Cayuga Dr.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Niagara Falls","county":"Niagara County","state":"NY","lat":43.091659356000065,"lon":-78.94295419315048,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-01-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Religion","Agriculture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A ten-acre farmstead at the corner of Williams Road and Cayuga Drive in Niagara Falls, New York, with a two-story frame farmhouse begun in the 1840s, two barns, a chicken coop, a corn crib and a tool shed.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as the last remaining farm within the city limits of Niagara Falls and as one of the last farm complexes from the early settlement of the German community of New Bergholtz. The farmhouse has stayed in the same family for four generations. Its half-timbered core and later additions illustrate a Germanic building tradition and 19th-century vernacular farm design.","narrative":"This ten-acre farmstead on Cayuga Drive in Niagara Falls includes a two-story frame farmhouse, two barns, a chicken coop, a corn crib and a tool shed. The house began in the 1840s as a small half-timbered dwelling built by William Roggow, a German immigrant, and was bought by Johann Williams, a lay leader of the New Bergholtz Lutheran settlement founded in 1833 by families seeking religious freedom. Later generations added a dining room, kitchen and second story in the late 1800s, and a living room, kitchen and second story in 1906. Electricity arrived in 1927, and a bathroom was added in 1970. Oak cut on the property supplied the floors, woodwork and staircases. The older barn dates from the 1840s and the newer, with its ventilation cupola, from the 1850s or 1860s. The farm has stayed in one family for four generations and is the last remaining farm within the city limits of Niagara Falls.","period_of_significance":"1840-50","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied as a private residence by a descendant of Johann Williams; the surrounding farmland is worked by lessees.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:39.409704-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/80002730.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80002730/d0ce2ef224-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80002730/d0ce2ef224-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Pubdog (talk)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Johann_Williams_Farm_Jun_09.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Pubdog (talk)</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Johann_Williams_Farm_Jun_09.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75320161","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Williams_Farm","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6216309"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/niagara-county/williams-johann-farm-80002730/"}