{"nrhp_refnum":"85002458","name":"Cocaigne, Nicholas, House","other_names":["Bldg. #8"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Favret Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cape Vincent","county":"Jefferson County","state":"NY","lat":44.11634128100005,"lon":-76.31188744745918,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-09-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A limestone farmhouse with a surviving group of nineteenth-century farm outbuildings, on the west side of Favret Road near Route 12E, south of the village of Cape Vincent, Jefferson County, New York. It was built in 1839 by Nicholas Cocaigne.","why_significant":"The house is presented as an intact example of the vernacular limestone building tradition used by settlers in Cape Vincent during early to mid-nineteenth-century agricultural development. It is also described as an exceptionally intact farm complex, with four outbuildings contributing to the property's character. It is one of ten nominated limestone farmhouses in the town and an early example of its type.","narrative":"Built in 1839 by Nicholas Cocaigne, this limestone farmhouse sits on 102 acres along Favret Road, south of the village of Cape Vincent. Cocaigne was an immigrant from France and a founder of the Rosiere Catholic Church in 1832. The house has a one and one-half story, three-bay main block of rubble limestone, a single-story rear wing, and a gabled wooden ell. Around 1920 a pedimented porch with ten columns and a cross gable were added to the south side, giving the house a Colonial Revival look. Inside, the original wide pine floors, doors, hardware, fireplaces and trim survive. North of the house stand four late nineteenth-century wood-frame outbuildings: a gambrel-roofed barn and three small sheds, all on limestone foundations. The property was listed as a representative example of the local limestone farmhouse tradition and as an unusually intact farm complex. The document describes it as unoccupied, and the surrounding farmland as inactive.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Architect unknown; builder Nicholas Cocaigne","architectural_style":"Vernacular limestone farmhouse with early twentieth-century Colonial Revival elements","criteria":[],"status_note":"The property is described as currently unoccupied, although the inventory section lists present use as residential. Condition is marked fair, and the surrounding agricultural land is inactive.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:45.530026-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/85002458.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75313130","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Cocaigne_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7025225"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/jefferson-county/cocaigne-nicholas-house-85002458/"}