{"nrhp_refnum":"84002823","name":"Benham House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"280-282 S. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Canandaigua","county":"Ontario County","state":"NY","lat":42.88317826700006,"lon":-77.27884900599997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-04-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story variegated brick Italianate dwelling at 280-282 South Main Street, Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York, built circa 1876 by an unknown architect and builder.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it an outstanding example of Italianate residential architecture in Canandaigua and a rare survivor in the modern commercial district. Distinctive features include an ornate cast-iron fence, cast-iron cupola cresting, pierced porch-base panels and variegated brick. It is described as an exceptionally intact example of late nineteenth-century homes built by the city's upper middle classes.","narrative":"Built around 1876, this two-story brick house at 280-282 South Main Street in Canandaigua sits on a small lot at the southern edge of the city's commercial district. It is an Italianate dwelling with a low-pitched hipped roof topped by a cupola with cast-iron cresting. The three-bay facade is asymmetrical, with a projecting pavilion at the north end, a segmentally arched double doorway, and windows with arched drip molds and keystones. A flat-roofed porch spans the front, and pierced wooden panels rather than latticework conceal its base. The variegated brick walls, a rear brick wing, and an ornate cast-iron fence along the eastern boundary add to its character. The house was listed because it is an outstanding and unusually intact example of Italianate residential architecture, and one of few survivors of its kind in an area now dominated by commercial uses. It reflects the late nineteenth-century homes built by Canandaigua's upper middle classes. It now holds apartments and offices.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Italianate","criteria":[],"status_note":"Present use is residential and professional, with private apartments and offices; the form notes a non-contributing twentieth-century garage at the rear and a neighborhood threatened by commercial overdevelopment.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:42.538085-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/84002823.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002823/4f81a94d4a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002823/4f81a94d4a-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Lvklock","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Benham_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Lvklock</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:Benham_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75314105","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benham_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4887856"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/ontario-county/benham-house-84002823/"}