{"nrhp_refnum":"85002714","name":"Kemp, John Wolf, House","other_names":["Component No. 12"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"216 Wolf Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Colonie","county":"Albany County","state":"NY","lat":42.72587251600004,"lon":-73.79867600499995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-10-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, L-shaped Federal style farmhouse at 216 Wolf Road in the town of Colonie, Albany County, New York, built around 1780 for tenant farmer John Wolf Kemp (also spelled Camp).","why_significant":"It is presented as a distinctive, modestly detailed example of Federal style architecture in Colonie, showing the shift from heavy Georgian massing to taller, more refined Federal proportions. It is also significant for its association with the Van Rensselaer Manor, whose tenant farmers dominated the town's early population.","narrative":"Built around 1780, this two-story, L-shaped farmhouse at 216 Wolf Road in Colonie was constructed for John Wolf Kemp, also spelled Camp, a tenant farmer on the Van Rensselaer Manor. The five-bay house has a gable roof, a central hall plan, lightly scaled corner returns, a long rear wing, and a hipped-roof enclosed porch across the central bays. Windows have brick relieving arches and stone sills, and the entrance and parlor mantels carry Federal details. The house reflects a move away from the broad, heavy Georgian style toward taller, more refined Federal proportions. Tenant farming under the manor discouraged elaborate building in the eighteenth century, but settlement by New Englanders after the Revolution brought more substantial homes like this one. A nineteenth-century summer kitchen and privy remain on the 3.7-acre parcel, the remnant of the original farm, now surrounded by commercial development and Interstate 87. Later sheds, garages and greenhouses serve a vegetable farm.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Federal","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition listed as fair; still used as a farmhouse and a commercial vegetable farm, with deterioration noted as a threat.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:45.195708-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/85002714.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75312083","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wolf_Kemp_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6264730"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/albany-county/kemp-john-wolf-house-85002714/"}