{"nrhp_refnum":"87001863","name":"Brick House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"3318 Rippleton Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cazenovia","county":"Madison County","state":"NY","lat":42.906239252000034,"lon":-75.87230412999997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1988-02-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Agriculture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick Italianate farmhouse built in the 1860s on a 3.4-acre lot on Rippleton Road (Route 13), about a mile southwest of Cazenovia village, Madison County, New York. A non-contributing twentieth-century frame garage stands behind it.","why_significant":"The house is a distinctive and somewhat unusual Italianate farmhouse that blends Greek Revival, Romanesque Revival and Eastlake details. It is also a rare surviving brick building in Cazenovia, where wood was the usual residential material. It reflects the town's shift to large-scale dairy farming, since part of it once housed a locally important cheese factory.","narrative":"Built in the 1860s on Rippleton Road southwest of Cazenovia village, the Brick House is a two-story brick farmhouse in the Italianate style. It has a square main block with two brick wings, a low hipped roof with a cupola, and paired brackets under broad eaves. Details come from several styles: stone lintels recall Greek Revival, the corbelled brick frieze reflects Romanesque Revival, and the pierced woodwork of the entrance hood and porch brackets shows Eastlake influence. Brick was rare for local houses, which were mostly built of wood. The property also records a change in local farming. Part of the building once held a cheese factory, which was converted to living space when the north wing was added in the mid-1870s. The farm later turned to dairying, maple syrup and cider. Only 3.4 acres remain of the original farmstead, and the interior still has molded woodwork and marble mantelpieces. It was listed for its architecture and its link to local dairy history.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Italianate","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Used as a residence, as originally; condition rated fair, with integrity of original site and no known threats.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:44.557792-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/87001863.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75313497","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brick_House_(Cazenovia,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4965912"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/madison-county/brick-house-87001863/"}