{"nrhp_refnum":"84003096","name":"Collins, Nathaniel Bishop, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"NY 38","address_restricted":false,"city":"Berkshire","county":"Tioga County","state":"NY","lat":42.31132314600006,"lon":-76.18401423899996,"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 two-story, five-bay brick Federal style farmhouse on a 2.3-acre property at the north edge of the hamlet of Berkshire, Tioga County, New York, built circa 1830 by Nathaniel Bishop Collins.","why_significant":"The house is considered a late but distinguished example of Federal style architecture with exceptional exterior detailing, including elliptically arched openings and an attenuated cornice with mutules. Its outbuildings form a grouping that reflects the property's agricultural role and later evolution into a poultry farm. Its late appearance reflects the isolation of Berkshire in the early nineteenth century.","narrative":"Set at the north edge of the hamlet of Berkshire in Tioga County, New York, this two-story, five-bay brick house was built around 1830 on a stone foundation. Nathaniel Bishop Collins, son of Samuel and Betsey Bishop Collins of Guilford, Connecticut, built it on the site of the family's first Berkshire home, a log house dating to about 1799. The brick likely came from the Ball brickyard, which began production in 1827. The Federal style design features an elliptically arched entrance with sidelights, a matching arched opening and tripartite window above, stone lintels, and a delicate cornice with mutules. Two principal first-floor rooms keep original woodwork. By 1865 the property passed to Davidge, Horton & Co. with the Berkshire Tannery, and the house became an overseer's residence. A mid-nineteenth-century carriage barn, a lean-to shed, and an early twentieth-century chicken house remain, showing the farmstead's later shift to poultry farming.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Architect unknown; builder unknown (house built by Nathaniel Bishop Collins)","architectural_style":"Federal","criteria":[],"status_note":"Used as a private residence; condition listed as good; 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 02:50:41.695164-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/84003096.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84003096/f0d6812055-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84003096/f0d6812055-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Maddmonkey","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nathaniel_Bishop_Collins_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:Nathaniel_Bishop_Collins_House_(Berkshire,_New_York).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75315072","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathaniel_Bishop_Collins_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6969507"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/tioga-county/collins-nathaniel-bishop-house-84003096/"}