{"nrhp_refnum":"89001623","name":"Shore Farm","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Military Rd., E of Mill Creek","address_restricted":false,"city":"Hounsfield","county":"Jefferson County","state":"NY","lat":43.958762773000075,"lon":-76.10324672519076,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-10-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Agriculture","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 114-acre lakeshore farm on Military Road near Sackets Harbor in Hounsfield, Jefferson County, New York, on Black River Bay. It has a stone and wood frame house begun ca. 1822 and enlarged ca. 1895, a 1922 cattle barn and a former playhouse used as a milk house.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the farm is architecturally significant for its Colonial Revival seasonal house built atop an earlier stone farmhouse, and for a documented 'James Way' plank truss dairy barn. Together the buildings show the shift from a working farm to a lakeshore estate run by a 'gentleman farmer'. It is also tied to the Luff family, early millers in the county, and the Wardwell family.","narrative":"Shore Farm occupies a sloping 114-acre site above Black River Bay, just outside Sackets Harbor. Its main house began as a ca. 1822 limestone farmhouse built for the Luff family, early millers in the area. About 1895, Nathaniel Wardwell of Watertown added a shingled, wood frame upper story and wing in the Colonial Revival style, wrapping the house in a two-story veranda and using the old stone story as its base. His son later revived farming, and in 1922 a gambrel-roof cattle barn was raised from a James Way plan, with a clay tile silo beside it. A former playhouse served as a milk house until about 1945. Nine cottages and cabins near the shore, some from a summer camp run between 1930 and 1946, are considered non-contributing. The property is notable as a farm that evolved into a lakeshore estate while keeping modern agricultural practices.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Colonial Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Condition listed as good; still used as a residence, with a seasonal family compound of cottages and cabins on the shore.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:45.225761-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/89001623.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75313202","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shore_Farm","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7501296"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/jefferson-county/shore-farm-89001623/"}