{"nrhp_refnum":"89001116","name":"Leech-Parker Farmhouse","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1537 York St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lima","county":"Livingston County","state":"NY","lat":42.91938727000007,"lon":-77.59138707999995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-08-31","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one and one-half story, five-bay farmhouse built about 1800 on York Street, about a mile east of the village of Lima, Livingston County, New York. It is attributed to Ebenezer Leech and sits on a 2.5-acre lot with a privy and a well with pump.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a representative and rare surviving example of settlement-period rural domestic architecture in the New England tradition, brought by the Leech family from Connecticut. It is also tied to one of Lima's founding families and reflects early patterns of dispersed farm settlement. Two nineteenth-century dependencies add to its significance.","narrative":"Built around 1800 on York Street east of Lima village, this one and one-half story farmhouse reflects the New England building tradition carried west by the Leech family, who came from Connecticut in the 1790s. Ebenezer Leech, one of four brothers among Lima's earliest settlers, is believed to have built it soon after buying 61 acres. The house has a five-bay, center-entrance facade, a gable roof, and a massive central chimney around which the rooms are arranged, including two parlors, a large kitchen with a beehive oven, and an open upper floor. The heavy timber frame, floorboards and much second-floor woodwork survive, while exterior siding, windows and the front door surround were renewed during restoration. A nineteenth-century privy and a stone well with cast-iron pump also remain. Later owners included the Parker family until 1904. Its architecture and its place in early settlement patterns, with large farms set far from the village center, underlie its recognition as a rare settlement-period house in Lima.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1800 to ca. 1900","architect_builder":"Architect unknown; builder attributed to Ebenezer Leech","architectural_style":"Settlement period dwelling in the New England building tradition (Federal style door surround re-created)","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Condition listed as good; the house was undergoing restoration, with new clapboard siding, windows, trim and roof, a rebuilt chimney and a stabilized foundation. It is a private residence.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:46.149477-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/89001116.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89001116/dabb5ac06d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89001116/dabb5ac06d-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Jerrye &amp; Roy Klotz, MD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LEECH-PARKER_FARMHOUSE,_LIVINGSTON_COUNTY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jerrye &amp;amp; Roy Klotz, MD</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LEECH-PARKER_FARMHOUSE,_LIVINGSTON_COUNTY.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75313430","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leech%E2%80%93Parker_Farmhouse","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6515742"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/livingston-county/leech-parker-farmhouse-89001116/"}