{"nrhp_refnum":"84003067","name":"Akins, Lyman P., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"W. Creek Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Berkshire","county":"Tioga County","state":"NY","lat":42.314690057000064,"lon":-76.24863291499997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-07-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Greek Revival house on West Creek Road in the town of Berkshire, Tioga County, New York, built around 1840-1850 on a 1.5-acre site. It has a two-story central block with flanking wings.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a distinctive example of the Greek Revival temple-form house with a central door and symmetrical flanking wings, a type less common than other Greek Revival forms. It comes closer than any other Greek Revival house in Berkshire to a completely balanced classical composition. It was also built for Lyman P. Akins, a local town supervisor and justice of the peace.","narrative":"This Greek Revival house on West Creek Road in Berkshire, Tioga County, stands on a 1.5-acre lot near the west branch of Owego Creek. Dated variously to about 1840 or 1850, it has a two-story central block with a pedimented portico and lower flanking wings, clapboard siding, simple piers, corner pilasters and broad entablatures. The center entrance has sidelights and a shouldered architrave, and the interior keeps much of its historic fabric, including a wide second-floor stair hall. It was built for Lyman Parmalee Akins (1795-1884), son of early settler Seth Akins, who served several terms as town supervisor and as justice of the peace. The house is valued as a distinctive temple-form Greek Revival design with a central door and symmetrical wings, a type less common than the side-hall or L-shaped forms. Among Berkshire's Greek Revival houses, it comes closest to a fully balanced classical composition. Changes include a twentieth-century porch, a concrete block chimney and some replaced window sash.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival (temple form with central door and symmetrical flanking wings)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in good to fair condition and in residential use; the form notes settling of the foundation as a threat.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:43.440664-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/84003067.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84003067/3c4fc4f3d9-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84003067/3c4fc4f3d9-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Maddmonkey","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lyman_P_Akins_House;_Berkshire,_New_York.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Maddmonkey</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lyman_P_Akins_House;_Berkshire,_New_York.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75315086","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyman_P._Akins_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6708066"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/tioga-county/akins-lyman-p-house-84003067/"}