{"nrhp_refnum":"90001340","name":"Evans-Gaige-Dillenback House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Evans Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Chaumont","county":"Jefferson County","state":"NY","lat":44.06933758800005,"lon":-76.13647045099998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1990-09-06","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A c. 1820 stone Federal-style house with a stone anterior wing, wood rear wing and a stone smokehouse, on a roughly 2.4-acre parcel at the northwest corner of Main and Evans Streets in the village of Chaumont, town of Lyme, Jefferson County, New York.","why_significant":"It is argued to be an outstanding local example of Federal residential architecture and the best-preserved early nineteenth-century house in Lyme, with refined limestone craftsmanship and an unusual side-hall plan. It is also tied to Musgrove Evans, James LeRay's principal agent who guided Chaumont's early development.","narrative":"Built around 1820 on a knoll at the west end of Chaumont village, this two-and-one-half-story house is made of coursed, quarry-dressed Chaumont limestone with smoothly dressed lintels and sills. A one-and-one-half-story stone wing, said to have once stood apart as a kitchen building, and a wood rear wing extend behind it. Distinctive details include an elliptical-arched entrance, segmental-arched dormers and paired limestone chimneys. Inside, the original stair, Federal mantels and 1830s parlor woodwork survive. A stone smokehouse is the only remaining part of the original farmstead. The house was built for Musgrove Evans, a surveyor who became James LeRay's principal agent and promoted Chaumont's growth until LeRay's bankruptcy in 1823. Later owners included the Gaige family, farmers and quarry dealers, and George Dillenback, a quarry operator who added the ornate paired doors in the 1880s. It is considered Lyme's best-preserved early house and a fine example of local craftsmanship.","period_of_significance":"c. 1820","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Federal","criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"Condition is listed as excellent; the house remains in residential use, with shutters being restored.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:45.352585-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/90001340.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75313236","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evans-Gaige-Dillenback_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5415864"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/jefferson-county/evans-gaige-dillenback-house-90001340/"}