{"nrhp_refnum":"84003220","name":"Howard Homestead","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"McGuire School Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Duanesburg","county":"Schenectady County","state":"NY","lat":42.777746538500054,"lon":-74.22810056605277,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-10-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story clapboard frame farmhouse on a 114.6-acre farm on McGuire School Road in the town of Duanesburg, Schenectady County, New York, built around 1825-1830. Architect and builder are unknown.","why_significant":"The house is argued to be a representative example of a transitional late Federal/early Greek Revival farmhouse in Duanesburg. It is also one of the few surviving \"two-thirds\" houses, a three-bay side-hall form that was never expanded to five bays. The Howard family were early settlers who acquired land here in 1789, and the historic farm setting survives substantially intact.","narrative":"Set on a 114.6-acre farm along McGuire School Road in northwest Duanesburg, this one-story clapboard farmhouse dates from roughly 1825 to 1830. It has a three-bay side-hall plan, a gable roof with returns, a wide frieze, narrow corner boards and a recessed entrance with sidelights and a transom. Its mix of slender Federal details and heavier Greek Revival trim makes it a good local example of a transitional style. It is also one of the few surviving \"two-thirds\" houses in town, a form often enlarged to five bays but never expanded here. The Howard family were early settlers, with two family members acquiring adjacent lots from James Duane in 1789. They lived in the house until about 1850, then moved to a nearby property and sold it to J. Liddle. Later changes include a rebuilt foundation, a fieldstone chimney and a modern garage across the road, though the historic farm setting remains largely intact.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Transitional late Federal/early Greek Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Private residence in excellent condition; alterations include a new fieldstone chimney, a rebuilt foundation in the 1940s, a kitchen bay window, a woodshed converted to a garage and a new roof.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:43.313173-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/84003220.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75314610","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Homestead","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5919914"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/schenectady-county/howard-homestead-84003220/"}