{"nrhp_refnum":"83001660","name":"Wright, Rueben, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"309 E. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Westfield","county":"Chautauqua County","state":"NY","lat":42.331353242000034,"lon":-79.56027030699994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-09-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, eight-bay brick residence at 309 East Main Street in Westfield, Chautauqua County, New York, built about 1820 per the inventory form (the description says the earliest section dates to the early 1830s), on a 3.5-acre lot near the village's northeast edge.","why_significant":"It is described as one of the oldest structures in the region and an example of an early nineteenth century residence. It is also Westfield's only extant 19th-century tavern, once operated as Drovers Inn. It is a vernacular interpretation of the Federal style and retains substantial integrity.","narrative":"This brick farmhouse at 309 East Main Street in Westfield was built for Reuben Wright, a Connecticut native who arrived in the village in 1814 and started a carding and cloth-dressing business. In 1829 he bought a farm a mile east of the village and soon began the two-story, five-bay house, a vernacular take on the Federal style. The original western section keeps its woodwork and first-floor fireplaces. A three-bay wing extends east under the same gable roof, and later wings reach toward the creek at the rear, where the sloping ground exposes a basement story. Wright deeded the property to his son Allen in 1845. Allen converted part of it into a hotel known as Drovers Inn, a resting place for settlers travelling west and a center of local activity for nearly a decade. It is Westfield's only surviving nineteenth-century tavern, and it remains a significant example of early vernacular architecture despite changes over time.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Vernacular interpretation of the Federal style","criteria":[],"status_note":"Still used as a residence; the form lists condition and threats as none known, and notes outbuildings of the original farm are no longer extant.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:42.623745-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/83001660.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001660/bc24500785-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001660/bc24500785-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Reuben_Wright_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Reuben_Wright_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75312236","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reuben_Wright_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7317533"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/chautauqua-county/wright-rueben-house-83001660/"}