{"nrhp_refnum":"85001938","name":"Ives, Dr. John, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"6575 E. Seneca Turnpike","address_restricted":false,"city":"Jamesville","county":"Onondaga County","state":"NY","lat":42.990765287000045,"lon":-76.06731467799995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-08-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Federal style frame residence at 6575 East Seneca Turnpike in Jamesville, town of DeWitt, Onondaga County, New York, built about 1812-1815 for dentist John Ives. The six-acre property also includes an early nineteenth-century barn and a brick smokehouse.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is the most sophisticated documented example of Federal style domestic architecture in Onondaga County. It was built on the Seneca Turnpike soon after the road reached the county, and it shows exceptional craftsmanship for a frontier community. It also retains a high degree of architectural integrity and an intact setting.","narrative":"Overlooking the hamlet of Jamesville and the Seneca Turnpike, this two-story clapboard house was built about 1812-1815 on a man-made terrace on a steep slope. It was built for John Ives, a dentist who arrived from Albany around 1810. The five-bay Federal style house has a low hipped roof with a modillioned cornice, Ionic entry porches, lead garland grilles in the transoms and sidelights, a freestanding curved stair, and finely moulded woodwork. A basement kitchen keeps its cut-stone fireplace, bake oven, cherry mantel and cistern-fed stone sink. A barn and a brick smokehouse survive on the remaining six acres of an original 200-acre parcel. The nomination describes it as the finest Federal style residence in Onondaga County, noting that other local examples are more modest or have lost integrity. Later wings were removed to restore its original appearance, and the land shields it from suburban development.","period_of_significance":"c. 1812-1815","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Federal","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied as a private residence; condition listed as excellent, with rear and side additions removed to restore the original appearance.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:45.053818-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/85001938.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85001938/288127d192-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85001938/288127d192-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":null,"credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ives_house.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Unknown author</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ives_house.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75320374","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._John_Ives_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5304198"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/onondaga-county/ives-dr-john-house-85001938/"}