{"nrhp_refnum":"86000483","name":"Bullis, Charles, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1727 Canandaigua Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Macedon","county":"Wayne County","state":"NY","lat":43.06964487000005,"lon":-77.32014183699994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-03-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story cobblestone farmhouse at 1727 Canandaigua Road in Macedon, Wayne County, New York, built 1839-1842 on a six-acre parcel, with a reconstructed one-and-a-half story frame rear wing.","why_significant":"The house is argued to be a well-preserved, representative example of early nineteenth-century cobblestone residential architecture, a technique found almost exclusively in Western and Central New York. It blends Federal and Greek Revival features and is one of only eight cobblestone buildings in Wayne County with brick quoins and lintels. Its canal-side farm location also reflects the settlement pattern of Wayne County.","narrative":"Built between 1839 and 1842, this two-story cobblestone farmhouse sits on six acres along Canandaigua Road in Macedon, Wayne County. Charles Bullis, who came from Vermont by way of the Erie Canal, bought a 59-acre farm beside the canal in 1839, and the family probably gathered fieldstones from the land for the walls. The house uses rows of rough, rounded stones with V-shaped horizontal mortar joints, brick quoins and splayed brick lintels. Its rectangular plan, low roof, and louvered gable fans follow the Federal style, while the interior moldings show Greek Revival influence. Cobblestone building is concentrated in Western and Central New York, where glacial stones and limestone for mortar were plentiful, and the masons likely had Erie Canal experience. Only eight cobblestone buildings in Wayne County have brick quoins and lintels. The Bullis family owned the house until 1984, and the rear wing was rebuilt in 1983.","period_of_significance":"1839-1842","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Federal, with Greek Revival details (cobblestone construction)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied as a private residence; in excellent condition. The rear wing was reconstructed in 1983 and a deteriorated barn was demolished.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:45.521346-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/86000483.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86000483/e77e2efd63-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86000483/e77e2efd63-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Dmadeo","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Charles_Bullis_House,_Macedon_NY.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Dmadeo</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:Charles_Bullis_House,_Macedon_NY.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75322892","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Bullis_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5075877"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/wayne-county/bullis-charles-house-86000483/"}