{"nrhp_refnum":"84003072","name":"Ball, J., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"NY 38","address_restricted":false,"city":"Berkshire","county":"Tioga County","state":"NY","lat":42.29808402800006,"lon":-76.18577989599999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-07-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Agriculture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A frame Greek Revival farmhouse on the east side of Route 38 in the Town of Berkshire, Tioga County, New York, built about 1850, with a contributing late nineteenth-century dairy barn.","why_significant":"It is one of Berkshire's two best examples of a Greek Revival house with a gabled three-bay facade and integral side wing, a vernacular form common in central and western New York but rare in Berkshire. The gambrel-roofed dairy barn illustrates the town's shift from grain, wool and livestock to fluid milk production. The property is also tied to the prominent Ball family.","narrative":"This farmhouse on Route 38 in Berkshire, Tioga County, was built around 1850 and sits in open fields on a lot of under one acre. It is a two-story frame house with clapboard siding, a three-bay gabled front and a one-story side ell. Greek Revival details include broad entablatures with returns, corner pilasters, six-over-six windows and an entrance with sidelights and a transom. Twentieth-century porches, a rebuilt foundation and a fieldstone chimney are later changes. The house is considered one of the two best local examples of a vernacular form common in central and western New York but uncommon in Berkshire. A gambrel-roofed dairy barn with shiplap siding, dating from the late nineteenth or early twentieth century, also contributes. It reflects the township's move from grain, wool and livestock to milk for urban markets. An 1855 map names J. Ball as owner, probably a son of Isaac Ball, whose family may have settled the site by 1808.","period_of_significance":"c. 1850 to c. 1910","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Still used as a residence; condition rated fair, with twentieth-century porches, a rebuilt foundation and an added exterior chimney.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:41.669307-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/84003072.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84003072/d094a5f0bd-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84003072/d094a5f0bd-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Maddmonkey","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WDSC00190.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:WDSC00190.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75315112","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Ball_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6104789"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/tioga-county/ball-j-house-84003072/"}