{"nrhp_refnum":"84002873","name":"Nester House","other_names":["Geneva-on-the-Lake"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1001 Lochland Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Geneva","county":"Ontario County","state":"NY","lat":42.848765050000054,"lon":-76.97970048499997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-04-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"An Italian Renaissance villa on a bluff above Seneca Lake at 1001 Lochland Road, south of Geneva, Ontario County, New York. It was built in 1911 for Minnie Matthews Nester and her son Byron, to designs by Albro and Lindeberg, with formal gardens to the east.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is architecturally significant as the work of Lewis Colt Albro and Harrie T. Lindeberg, early twentieth century architects of country residences trained under McKim, Mead and White. Its design adapts the sixteenth-century Villa Lancellotti at Frascati, Italy. The combination of Renaissance villa, formal garden and lakeside setting is described as unique on Seneca Lake.","narrative":"Perched on a bluff above Seneca Lake south of Geneva, this three-story stucco villa was completed in 1911 for Minnie Matthews Nester and her son Byron, after the death of Samuel K. Nester, founder of the Geneva Malt House. Architects Albro and Lindeberg, both trained in the offices of McKim, Mead and White, modeled the design on the Villa Lancellotti in Frascati, Italy, though only the garden facade closely follows it. The east front features a central pavilion with an arcaded loggia, while the west side has a porte-cochère with Ionic columns. Interior marble mantelpieces, terrazzo floors and coffered ceilings survive. Rochester landscape architects Pitkin and Weinrichter laid out the axial formal gardens leading toward the lake. Capuchin priests ran a seminary here from 1949 to 1973 and added the two flanking wings, which are not considered historic. The property was later converted to apartments. The nomination calls the pairing of villa, garden and lakeside setting unique on Seneca Lake.","period_of_significance":"1911","architect_builder":"Albro and Lindeberg (Lewis Colt Albro and Harrie T. Lindeberg); gardens by Pitkin and Weinrichter of Rochester","architectural_style":"Italian Renaissance villa","criteria":[],"status_note":"Converted to 30 apartment units, with the former garage made into four townhouses; condition listed as excellent and altered.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:41.258345-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/84002873.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002873/d81beebf02-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002873/d81beebf02-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"RochesterNY","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GenevaLake.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">RochesterNY</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GenevaLake.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75320521","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nester_House_(Geneva,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6997857"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/ontario-county/nester-house-84002873/"}