{"nrhp_refnum":"89001117","name":"Leech-Lloyd Farmhouse and Barn Complex","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1589 and 1601 York St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lima","county":"Livingston County","state":"NY","lat":42.916860056000075,"lon":-77.59164859699996,"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 two-story, five-bay frame farmhouse built about 1800 on York Street in Lima, Livingston County, New York, attributed to Manasseh Leech. It sits on a 1.3-acre lot with a well and a modern garage; the associated barn complex was demolished in 1989.","why_significant":"The house is a representative, rare example of settlement-period rural domestic architecture in Lima, with New England-influenced features such as a massive central chimney and broad horizontal massing. It is also tied to the Leech family, one of Lima's founding families, and reflects early patterns of dispersed farm settlement. After the barn complex was lost, significance rests on architecture and settlement rather than agriculture.","narrative":"Built around 1800 on a hill above the village of Lima, this two-story, five-bay frame farmhouse on York Street was attributed to Manasseh Leech, who came from Connecticut with his brothers in 1797. The clapboard house rests on a stone foundation and is organized around a massive central chimney, with a gable roof and a rear wing. Its form reflects New England building traditions, and the original six-panel front door, staircase, paneled fireplace breasts and bake ovens survive. Later changes include a standing seam metal roof with broad eaves, added in the late nineteenth century, and replacement windows. The Leech and Lloyd families farmed the land for generations. The house is valued as a rare, representative settlement-period dwelling and as evidence of how early settlers spread farms widely across the town. The associated barn complex was demolished in 1989, so the listed property now includes the house, a historic well and a modern garage on 1.3 acres.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1800 to ca. 1870s/80s","architect_builder":"Architect unknown; builder attributed to Manasseh Leech","architectural_style":"Vernacular, reflecting eighteenth-century New England building traditions (Connecticut house plan influence)","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Private residence in good condition; the barn complex was demolished in May 1989 during the nomination process.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:45.231255-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/89001117.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89001117/147086b6f3-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89001117/147086b6f3-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Jerrye &amp; Roy Klotz, MD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LEECH-LLOYD_FARMHOUSE_AND_BARN_COMPLEX,_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-LLOYD_FARMHOUSE_AND_BARN_COMPLEX,_LIVINGSTON_COUNTY.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75313432","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leech%E2%80%93Lloyd_Farmhouse_and_Barn_Complex","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6515739"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/livingston-county/leech-lloyd-farmhouse-and-barn-complex-89001117/"}