{"nrhp_refnum":"80004276","name":"Gifford-Walker Farm","other_names":["Alice Walker Farm"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"7083 N. Bergen Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"North Bergen","county":"Genesee County","state":"NY","lat":43.13076330150005,"lon":-78.01480277444409,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-01-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Carpenter Gothic farmhouse with a barn and shed on a working farm of 69.3 acres on North Bergen Road in North Bergen, Genesee County (partly in Orleans County), New York. The house was built in 1870 by Aaron Gifford.","why_significant":"The nomination calls the house one of the outstanding, exceptionally well-preserved examples of Carpenter Gothic architecture in Genesee County. It shows how local craftsmen adapted masonry Gothic forms to frame construction and wooden ornament, following pattern-book ideas such as those of Andrew Jackson Downing. Its board-and-batten siding, vergeboards, ogee arches, Corinthian porch columns and large bay window are cited as key features.","narrative":"Built in 1870 for Aaron Gifford, postmaster of Bergen, this farmhouse on North Bergen Road is a two-story Carpenter Gothic cottage on a T-shaped plan. White board-and-batten siding, dark green trim and hand-sawn vergeboards give it a distinctive look. The seven-bay front is dominated by a recessed two-story porch, with fluted Corinthian columns below and latticework piers supporting three ogee arches above. A tall bay window with thirty-six panes, many original, projects from the lower porch. Inside, handcrafted cherry and maple Gothic woodwork survives in the main rooms. A barn and shed stand nearby, and the nominated property covers 69.3 acres of Gifford's original hundred-acre farm, much of it still cultivated. The nomination ranks the house among the finest Carpenter Gothic buildings in Genesee County. It reflects a vernacular phase of the Gothic Revival, in which untutored builders working from pattern books, especially Andrew Jackson Downing's, produced buildings with a folk-art quality.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Unknown (built for Aaron Gifford)","architectural_style":"Carpenter Gothic (vernacular Gothic Revival)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in excellent condition and unaltered on its original site; it continues to function as a working farm with about forty-six acres still cultivated.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:39.170871-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/80004276.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80004276/c264166713-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80004276/c264166713-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Daniel Case","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gifford-Walker_Farm,_North_Bergen,_NY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniel Case</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gifford-Walker_Farm,_North_Bergen,_NY.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75317897","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gifford%E2%80%93Walker_Farm","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5559958"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/genesee-county/gifford-walker-farm-80004276/"}