{"nrhp_refnum":"91000866","name":"Ormonde","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Between E. Lake Rd. and Ormonde Dr.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cazenovia","county":"Madison County","state":"NY","lat":42.955492537000055,"lon":-75.86110707199998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1991-07-15","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Ormonde is a summer estate on the east shore of Cazenovia Lake, north of Cazenovia village in Madison County, New York. It consists of a large Shingle and Colonial Revival style residence built in 1885 around an earlier farmhouse, plus a boathouse.","why_significant":"The nomination argues Ormonde is an outstanding early example of the large summer mansions built near Cazenovia Lake by wealthy clients in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It is also attributed to the Philadelphia architect Frank Furness, as shown by its oversized scroll brackets. It was one of the first three large estates on the lake's east shore and helped set the architectural standard for later estates there.","narrative":"Ormonde is a lakeside summer estate on the east shore of Cazenovia Lake in Madison County, New York. Its thirty-five room main house, designed in 1885 and completed in 1888 for Philadelphia businessman George R. Preston, joins a new shingled mass to an early nineteenth century farmhouse. Wide eaves with oversized scroll brackets, multiple roof planes, Tuscan-columned porches and diamond-paned casements give it a picturesque, horizontal profile, and much of the interior survives intact. A two-story boathouse with a circular upper porch stands on the shore. The design is attributed to the Philadelphia architect Frank Furness, whose work outside his home region is uncommon. Ormonde was among the first three large estates on this shore, and it influenced later Cazenovia estates that blended Colonial Revival, Shingle and Arts and Crafts styles. It reflects the town's shift from an agricultural village to a summer resort for wealthy urban families. Much of the original 300-acre grounds was subdivided after 1959.","period_of_significance":"1885-1920","architect_builder":"Frank Furness","architectural_style":"Shingle Style, Colonial Revival, Queen Anne","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Main house and boathouse survive with high integrity; the estate is now a 2.39-acre lot, and the farmhouse wing is kept as a separate dwelling unit. Current functions are listed as single dwelling and outdoor recreation.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:45.218343-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/91000866.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75313530","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ormonde_(Cazenovia,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7103460"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/madison-county/ormonde-91000866/"}