{"nrhp_refnum":"82004684","name":"Ford, Jacob, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Northumberland St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Morristown","county":"St. Lawrence County","state":"NY","lat":44.58595087500004,"lon":-75.65208421399996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-09-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Art","Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-a-half-story stone house built in 1837 on Northumberland Street in Morristown, St. Lawrence County, New York, set on an eight-acre lot on Chapman Point overlooking the St. Lawrence River.","why_significant":"The form calls it the village's best surviving Federal style stone house. It is also tied to the Ford and Chapman families: Jacob Ford built it, and later owner Henry Chapman's son, painter Charles S. Chapman, used it as a summer residence and studio.","narrative":"Built in 1837 by Jacob Ford, this rectangular stone house rises two and a half stories under a gable roof, with a one-and-a-half-story stone wing on the south side. Located on Northumberland Street in Morristown, it sits on Chapman Point, on a landscaped lot with views of the St. Lawrence River and Brockville, Ontario. A fanlight marks the small entryway, which is sheltered by a giant portico added around 1890. Inside, the principal rooms retain Federal moldings, cornices and mantels, folding interior window shutters, and a curved stair hall wall with a curved door to the parlor. Ford was the eldest son of David Ford, land agent to Gouverneur Morris. Henry Chapman, a founder of the First National Bank of Ogdensburg, bought the property in 1888. His son Charles S. Chapman, a nationally known academic painter, used the third floor as a studio. The house is considered locally significant as the village's best surviving Federal style stone house.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Federal","criteria":[],"status_note":"Still used as a residence; condition rated fair, no threats known.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:41.840338-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/82004684.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82004684/dd2d3d1556-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82004684/dd2d3d1556-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"JERRYE &amp; ROY KLOTZ MD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:JACOB_FORD_HOUSE.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">JERRYE &amp;amp; ROY KLOTZ MD</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:JACOB_FORD_HOUSE.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75314692","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Ford_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6118634"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/st-lawrence-county/ford-jacob-house-82004684/"}