{"nrhp_refnum":"90000002","name":"Bement-Billings House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"NY 38, N of Newark Valley","address_restricted":false,"city":"Newark Valley","county":"Tioga County","state":"NY","lat":42.23608540200007,"lon":-76.17884919299996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1990-02-19","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 clapboard farmhouse on a five-acre site along Route 38 about a mile north of Newark Valley, Tioga County, New York. It began as a one-room cabin in 1796 and grew to fifteen rooms by 1880.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is a representative, highly intact example of a nineteenth-century vernacular farmhouse in central New York, showing staged expansion over about a hundred years. It displays changing styles from Federal to Greek Revival and early New England construction practices. It is also tied to Asa Bement, one of Newark Valley's original settlers, and to the area's early settlement and commercial development.","narrative":"Located about a mile north of Newark Valley in Tioga County, New York, this farmhouse started as a one-room home built by settler Asa Bement around 1796 after he moved his family from Stockbridge, Massachusetts. Over the next eight decades it was enlarged in stages: a southern and western expansion with a second story between 1810 and 1832, a Greek Revival addition around 1840, and a summer kitchen wing in 1880. The result is a fifteen-room house with Federal moldings, Greek Revival woodwork, hand-hewn beams, wrought-iron latches and a beehive oven. The house was listed because it shows how a settlement-era farm dwelling grew with its family's fortunes and changing tastes. Bement also ran a blacksmith shop and sawmill that helped develop the town. After standing empty from the 1950s, the house was restored in 1977 and now serves as a museum on the five acres that remain of the original farm, which also holds several relocated or reconstructed farm buildings.","period_of_significance":"1796-1880","architect_builder":"Asa Bement","architectural_style":"Federal/Greek Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Empty and deteriorating between the 1950s and 1977; restored beginning in 1977 and now used as a museum.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:45.146965-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/90000002.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90000002/872fd96e1b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90000002/872fd96e1b-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Delphinium1","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Front_of_Bement-Billings_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Delphinium1</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:Front_of_Bement-Billings_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75322431","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bement-Billings_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4885087"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/tioga-county/bement-billings-house-90000002/"}