{"nrhp_refnum":"89001130","name":"Harmon, William, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1847 Genesee St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lima","county":"Livingston County","state":"NY","lat":42.90690460700006,"lon":-77.61364729999997,"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 Gothic Revival board-and-batten cottage at 1847 Genesee Street in Lima, Livingston County, New York, built about 1851 by master builder William Harmon as his own home.","why_significant":"The house is argued to be an outstanding and remarkably intact example of a board-and-batten Gothic Revival cottage, a rarity in western New York. It reflects the picturesque Romantic tradition popularized by A.J. Downing. It is also tied to Harmon, Lima's most prominent master builder until his death in 1866.","narrative":"Built around 1851 on Genesee Street in Lima, New York, this one and one-half story cottage was designed and built by William Harmon as his own home. Harmon, an English-born master builder, came to Lima to construct Genesee College Hall and remained the village's most prominent builder until he died in 1866. The house has a cruciform plan, board-and-batten siding and a steeply pitched cross-gable roof. Its decoration includes scrolled vergeboards with trefoils and quatrefoils, Tudor-style hood moldings, bracketed porches with quatrefoil friezes, and a flying staircase inside. The setting on a wooded bluff follows the picturesque ideals of A.J. Downing. Board-and-batten Gothic Revival cottages are rare in western New York, and this one keeps a high degree of integrity in design, materials and craftsmanship. Alterations have been slight: a raised woodshed roof, an extended verandah roof and removed porch doors. The house was listed for its architectural importance at the local level.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1851","architect_builder":"William Harmon, master builder","architectural_style":"Gothic Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Used as a private residence, as originally; condition listed as good, with no known threats.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:44.7099-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/89001130.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89001130/63c0870ec8-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89001130/63c0870ec8-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Jerrye &amp; Roy Klotz, MD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WILLIAM_HARMON_HOUSE,_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:WILLIAM_HARMON_HOUSE,_LIVINGSTON_COUNTY.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75313357","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Harmon_House_(Lima,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14707781"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/livingston-county/harmon-william-house-89001130/"}