{"nrhp_refnum":"87000474","name":"Lynfeld","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"South Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Washington","county":"Dutchess County","state":"NY","lat":41.77361630200005,"lon":-73.74388048853072,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1987-03-19","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Lynfeld, also called the Milton Conrad Ham House, is a 23-acre farmstead in the town of Washington, Dutchess County, New York, near Millbrook. It has an Italianate farmhouse built about 1871 and two late nineteenth-century barns.","why_significant":"The farmhouse is argued to be a distinguished and well-crafted Italianate rural residence, notable for its unusual angled C-shaped plan, large scale, rich decoration and high integrity. Two surviving barns and a 23-acre remnant of the original 225-acre farm add to its importance. The property is also tied to the Ham family, including John Milton Ham, a noted agriculturalist and local officeholder.","narrative":"Lynfeld is a 23-acre farmstead in the rural town of Washington, Dutchess County, near Millbrook. Its centerpiece is a two-story, C-shaped Italianate farmhouse built about 1871 by Milton Conrad Ham, a well-to-do gentleman farmer. The clapboard house has a low hipped roof, broad bracketed eaves, round-arched windows, bay windows and a long front verandah. Inside, marble mantels, plaster medallions, built-in bookcases and a winding staircase survive. Two late nineteenth-century barns, one with an early diagonal-brace frame, reflect the working farm. The house was listed because it is a particularly fine rural example of Italianate design, with an unusual plan, large scale and high craftsmanship. Ham's son John Milton Ham later farmed here, breeding Holstein cattle, Percheron horses, Berkshire swine and Dorset sheep, and held local offices. The farm remained in the family until 1969, when the house and 23 of its original 225 acres were sold.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"unknown","architectural_style":"Italianate","criteria":[],"status_note":"The farmhouse survives largely intact and has been adapted for combined professional and multi-family residential use; the cupola is lost. The property is listed as occupied, with private residence and commercial uses.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:45.552689-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/87000474.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87000474/9c361636b2-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87000474/9c361636b2-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Daniel Case","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lynfeld,_Washington,_NY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniel Case</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:Lynfeld,_Washington,_NY.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75317392","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynfeld","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6708835"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/dutchess-county/lynfeld-87000474/"}