{"nrhp_refnum":"88001271","name":"Wright, Roswell, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"25 Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Unadilla","county":"Otsego County","state":"NY","lat":42.32576297800006,"lon":-75.31006981199994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1988-09-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, temple-front timber frame house at 25 Main Street (Route 7) in Unadilla, Otsego County, New York, built in 1823 by David Finch for merchant Roswell Wright, on a .786-acre lot.","why_significant":"The house is argued to be a distinguished, largely intact example of early nineteenth-century residential design in the tradition of Jeffersonian Classicism, with a full Roman portico, scrolled brackets and an arched fanlight doorway. It is also significant as a sign of Unadilla's prosperity during the Turnpike Era, when the village grew from a frontier settlement into a commercial center.","narrative":"Built in 1823 on Main Street in Unadilla, Otsego County, this two-story timber frame house was designed as a temple-front residence with a four-column Ionic portico, a dentiled pediment and a Federal-style entrance with an arched fanlight and sidelights. David Finch, a builder who had moved to the village from Connecticut, constructed it for Roswell Wright, a prominent merchant and postmaster whose dry goods store stood next door. The house reflects the Jeffersonian Classical tradition spread through builders' guides of the period. It also records Unadilla's rise during the Turnpike Era, when the village sat at the end of the Catskill Turnpike and on the Susquehanna Turnpike and grew into a regional commercial center. Later owners included civic leaders such as Abial D. Williams and state senator David P. Loomis. The grounds retain a bluestone sidewalk, a stone wall and remnants of a landscaped garden.","period_of_significance":"1823-1900","architect_builder":"David Finch","architectural_style":"Early Republic/Early Classical Revival (described in the text as Greek Revival style and Jeffersonian Classicism)","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Used as a single-family dwelling; the interior and exterior of the 1823 main block retain a high degree of integrity, and the rear additions have been modernized and restored.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:45.10385-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/88001271.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88001271/747df1ba92-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88001271/747df1ba92-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Doug Kerr from Albany, New York, United States","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Roswell_Wright_House_May_09.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Doug Kerr from Albany, New York, United States</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Roswell_Wright_House_May_09.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75321016","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roswell_Wright_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7370132"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/otsego-county/wright-roswell-house-88001271/"}