{"nrhp_refnum":"85002457","name":"Chevalier, Xavier, House","other_names":["Bldg. #14"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Gosier Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cape Vincent","county":"Jefferson County","state":"NY","lat":44.15815559450007,"lon":-76.24101466742647,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-09-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A limestone farmhouse on a 53.2-acre farm parcel on Gosier Road near Millens Bay in Cape Vincent, Jefferson County, New York, built in 1852 by Xavier Chevalier.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is an intact example of early to mid-nineteenth century vernacular masonry farmhouse architecture in Cape Vincent. It is the only nominated stone farmhouse with a front-gable plan and wide molded cornice, and it also has quoins and coursed rough-cut stone. With its surviving smokehouse, barn and farmland, it reflects the town's early agricultural development.","narrative":"This limestone farmhouse stands on the west side of Gosier Road, south of Millens Bay in Cape Vincent. Xavier Chevalier, a French Canadian immigrant from Quebec, bought the site from Vincent LeRay in 1852 and built the house that year. The main block is a one-and-one-half-story, three-bay building of rough-cut, regularly coursed limestone with quoins, six-over-six windows, flat limestone lintels, a wide molded cornice and a simple wood post-and-lintel door surround. A mid- to late-nineteenth-century side wing has an enclosed porch, and a twentieth-century cinder-block lean-to extends from it. A limestone smokehouse and a saltbox barn remain on the 53.2-acre parcel of now inactive farmland. Among ten farmhouses nominated in the town, it is the only stone example with a front-gable plan and wide molded cornice. Together with its outbuildings and land, it illustrates the early agricultural development of the area. The property is currently vacant.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Architect unknown; builder Xavier Chevalier","architectural_style":"Vernacular masonry farmhouse (early to mid-nineteenth century); Colonial Revival enclosed porch noted as an alteration","criteria":[],"status_note":"Vacant and unoccupied; condition listed as deteriorated, with the barn deteriorated but structurally sound enough to contribute.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:45.439204-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/85002457.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75313244","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xavier_Chevalier_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8043215"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/jefferson-county/chevalier-xavier-house-85002457/"}