{"nrhp_refnum":"86001305","name":"Roberts, Judge Nathan S., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"W. Seneca Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Canastota","county":"Madison County","state":"NY","lat":43.06842239300005,"lon":-75.75865407499998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-05-23","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, gable-roofed frame Federal style house with flanking one-story service wings, on a 3.5-acre lot on West Seneca Avenue (Route 5) in the village of Canastota, Madison County, New York. Built around 1820 by Nathan S. Roberts, it has surviving nineteenth-century outbuildings.","why_significant":"The house is presented as an outstanding example of high-style Federal residential architecture and the only example of its period and style in Canastota, as well as the oldest surviving building in the village. It is also tied to Judge Nathan S. Roberts, the community's founding figure and a noted engineer who helped route the Erie Canal through Canastota. Its intact outbuildings and interior detail add to its importance.","narrative":"Set on a landscaped 3.5-acre rise above Seneca Avenue in Canastota, this two-story frame house was built around 1820 by Nathan S. Roberts. Its south gable end has a three-bay arcaded facade with two-story fluted pilasters, a pedimented gable with a lunette, and an entrance with half-sidelights and a semi-elliptical fanlight. One-story service wings with stepped gable ends flank the main block. Inside, original room layouts, hand-carved mantelpieces, an Italian marble fireplace, cast plaster moldings and a wrought-iron newel post survive. A carriage barn, wagon shed, brick smokehouse and large barn remain behind the house. Roberts, an engineer of statewide renown, helped direct the Erie Canal through Canastota in the 1820s and worked on canal sections including the locks at Lockport. The house is described as the oldest surviving building in the village and its only example of Federal style. It was restored after a period of neglect.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Architect unknown; builder Nathan S. Roberts","architectural_style":"Federal","criteria":[],"status_note":"Private residence in good condition; restored after a period of disrepair and neglect, with historic integrity virtually intact.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:45.432974-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/86001305.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86001305/0855ad4eec-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86001305/0855ad4eec-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"M.E. Granger, Photographer","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Judge_Nathan_Roberts_House,_State_Highway_5,_Canastota_vicinity_(Madison_County,_New_York).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">M.E. Granger, Photographer</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Judge_Nathan_Roberts_House,_State_Highway_5,_Canastota_vicinity_(Madison_County,_New_York).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75313444","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judge_Nathan_S._Roberts_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6302605"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/madison-county/roberts-judge-nathan-s-house-86001305/"}