{"nrhp_refnum":"84002867","name":"Granger, Francis, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"426 N. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Canandaigua","county":"Ontario County","state":"NY","lat":42.90067228000004,"lon":-77.29112991799997,"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 frame Federal style house at 426 North Main Street in Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York, built about 1817 on an 8.76-acre site north of the Canandaigua Historic District. It has been extensively altered.","why_significant":"The house is tied to Francis Granger, a nationally known Whig politician and member of the prominent Granger family, who lived there from 1817 to 1827. His house, called Thistlebank, was a wedding gift from his father, Gideon Granger. The nomination argues for local significance despite heavy early twentieth-century alterations.","narrative":"Built around 1817 at 426 North Main Street in Canandaigua, this two-story frame house sits on an 8.76-acre lot near the edge of the city, north of the historic district. It keeps its five-bay center hall plan and some Federal period details, including slender pilasters and half-sidelights at the doorway. Much else was changed in the twentieth century, including the roof, cornice, windows, porches and rear wing. The house matters for its link to Francis Granger, who moved in after marrying Cornelia Rutsen Van Rensselaer in 1817. Known as Thistlebank, it was a wedding gift from his father, Gideon Granger. Francis later served in the New York Assembly and in Congress, and he was appointed postmaster-general in 1841. The family owned the house until 1827, when Cornelia died and Francis sold it and returned to the Granger Homestead. Despite the alterations, the association with one of Canandaigua's most prominent pre-Civil War citizens gives it local historical significance.","period_of_significance":"1817-1827","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Federal","criteria":[],"status_note":"Private residence in fair-to-good condition, with the same use as originally; 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 02:50:43.352398-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/84002867.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002867/8090b29936-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002867/8090b29936-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Lvklock","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Canandaigua_036_Frances_Granger_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:Canandaigua_036_Frances_Granger_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75314087","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Granger_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5481127"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/ontario-county/granger-francis-house-84002867/"}