{"nrhp_refnum":"89000462","name":"Jones, John, Homestead","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Oregon Rd. and Durrin Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Van Cortlandtville","county":"Westchester County","state":"NY","lat":41.31620097800004,"lon":-73.89959992699994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-05-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-and-one-half story, five-bay timber-frame house with a gambrel roof and a small contributing barn, on about 2.5 acres at Oregon Road and Durrin Avenue in the hamlet of Van Cortlandtville, town of Cortlandt, Westchester County, New York. It dates to the second half of the eighteenth century.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is architecturally significant as a rare, highly intact example of eighteenth-century domestic architecture in the lower Hudson Valley. It keeps original hewn timber framing, brick nogging, massive boulder foundations and period interior finishes. It represents a regional vernacular type of the 1750-1800 period and is the most intact of the few remaining Colonial-era dwellings in the area.","narrative":"This eighteenth-century farmhouse in Van Cortlandtville, north of Peekskill, is a one-and-one-half story, five-bay dwelling with a gambrel roof, shingled walls and a massive rubble stone foundation. A small barn, apparently built at the same time, stands behind it. Inside, a center-passage plan, wide-board floors, paneled parlors, a cherry-railed staircase and a basement kitchen with a bake oven survive. The frame uses hand-hewn timbers joined with mortise and tenon, along with mill-sawn joists and rafters, and brick nogging fills the walls. Local stone, timber and brick supplied most of the materials. The house was listed for its architecture, as a highly intact example of a regional Hudson Valley building type from about 1750 to 1800. Once the center of a large farm, it now occupies about two and a half acres amid later suburban housing, yet it remains the most intact Colonial-era dwelling in the area and a recognized local landmark.","period_of_significance":"circa 1750 to 1800","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Colonial (with Federal style detailing)","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Currently used as a single dwelling; the setting has been lost to modern suburban development, and some rear rooms and the second floor have been altered.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:44.627357-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/89000462.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89000462/3158c175f5-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89000462/3158c175f5-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"WindingRoad","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Jones_Homestead.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">WindingRoad</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:John_Jones_Homestead.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75323073","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Jones_Homestead","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14706673"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/westchester-county/jones-john-homestead-89000462/"}