{"nrhp_refnum":"84003238","name":"Ladd Farmhouse","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Dare Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Duanesburg","county":"Schenectady County","state":"NY","lat":42.79116495800005,"lon":-74.22537132863273,"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 two-story Greek Revival farmhouse with wings and a complex of farm outbuildings on a 137-acre farm off Dare Road in the town of Duanesburg, Schenectady County, New York, built in the 1850s by Alexander Delos (Boss) Jones.","why_significant":"The farmhouse is a representative example of the fully developed Greek Revival style in Duanesburg, with a somewhat more sophisticated and mature use of the style's traditional features than similar local farmhouses. It also represents the work of Boss Jones, the town's most skilled and prolific mid-nineteenth century master carpenter. The intact nineteenth-century outbuildings and the surviving farm setting add to its significance.","narrative":"Set on a 137-acre farm at the end of a dirt road off Dare Road in western Duanesburg, this farmhouse dates from the 1850s and was designed and built by local master carpenter Alexander Delos \"Boss\" Jones. The clapboard-sided frame house rises two stories and three bays beneath a gable roof, with the gable end facing the road. Greek Revival details include a full entablature around the building, exaggerated cornice returns, wide corner pilasters and a central entrance with sidelights beneath a full entablature. One-story wings flank the main block, and the east wing has eyebrow windows in its frieze. A rear wing runs along the back. Four frame outbuildings, including two large barns, a shed and an early twentieth century garage, remain on the property. The house was listed as a mature local example of Greek Revival design, as a representative work of Jones, and for the intact farm setting that keeps the agricultural character of the land.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Alexander Delos (Boss) Jones","architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Private residence in good condition, on its original site, with the exterior visible from the public road; 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 02:50:41.292154-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/84003238.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75314564","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladd_Farmhouse","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6469290"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/schenectady-county/ladd-farmhouse-84003238/"}