{"nrhp_refnum":"89001127","name":"DePuy, William, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1825 Genesee St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lima","county":"Livingston County","state":"NY","lat":42.90762428000005,"lon":-77.61367774099995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-08-31","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one and one-half story frame dwelling at 1825 Genesee Street in the village of Lima, Livingston County, New York, built around 1851 in a vernacular Greek Revival style with Gothic-inspired details.","why_significant":"It is argued to be a representative example of vernacular Greek Revival domestic architecture in Lima, with a high degree of integrity in design, materials and craftsmanship. Its Tudor-inspired window label molds are attributed by local tradition to master builder William Harmon, showing Romantic taste entering the local classical vocabulary.","narrative":"Built around 1851, this one and one-half story frame house on Genesee Street in Lima, New York, is a small middle-class dwelling in vernacular Greek Revival style. Its gable end faces the street, with a low-pitched roof, exaggerated returns, wide corner pilasters, a wide entablature with frieze windows, and a porch on fluted Doric columns. Fine details include tiny wood guttae, cast-iron window grilles and Tudor-inspired label molds over the windows. Those molds are believed to be the mark of master builder William Harmon, who built his own house nearby. The house was built for William H. DePuy, an English teacher and later principal of the Teacher's Department at Genesee Wesleyan Seminary. It is considered important because Greek Revival design arrived late in Lima, and this house shows the style combined with mid-century Romantic influence. The interior retains its room layout, shouldered door and window trim, paneled doors and a corner parlor fireplace. A later rear wing and a modern concrete block garage complete the property.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1851","architect_builder":"Architect and builder unknown; local tradition attributes construction to master craftsman William Harmon","architectural_style":"Vernacular Greek Revival with Gothic-inspired features","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Private residence in good condition; original site; no threats known. The interior of the main block survives with a high degree of integrity.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:45.40446-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/89001127.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89001127/762202fd28-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89001127/762202fd28-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Jerrye &amp; Roy Klotz, MD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WILLIAM_DEPUY_HOUSE,_LIVINGSTON_COUNTY,_NY.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:WILLIAM_DEPUY_HOUSE,_LIVINGSTON_COUNTY,_NY.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75313361","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_DePuy_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8007698"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/livingston-county/depuy-william-house-89001127/"}