{"nrhp_refnum":"91000868","name":"Notleymere","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"4641 E. Lake Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cazenovia","county":"Madison County","state":"NY","lat":42.947916974000066,"lon":-75.86259510299999,"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":"Notleymere is the Frank Norton estate on East Lake Road near Cazenovia, Madison County, New York, made up of a large Queen Anne and Shingle Style summer residence (1885-1889) and its lakeside boathouse, known as the Hermitage.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the property is a distinguished example of the large summer mansions built near Cazenovia Lake in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It is also a representative eclectic blend of Queen Anne and Shingle styles by architect Robert W. Gibson. It reflects Cazenovia's change from an agricultural village into a resort community for wealthy families.","narrative":"Notleymere is a three-and-one-half-story lakeside summer estate about one mile north of Cazenovia village, built between 1885 and 1889 for the Reverend Frank Norton, an Episcopal bishop. Architect Robert W. Gibson combined Queen Anne features, including steep multi-gabled roofs, tall corbelled chimneys, a polygonal turret and paired casement windows, with a skin of dark-stained wood shingles typical of the Shingle Style. Hunt & O'Brien of Syracuse built the thirty-one-room house. The interior retains oak floors, carved mantels, a central hall and stained-glass stair windows. A two-story shingled boathouse called the Hermitage, completed in 1885, stands at the water and still has its original hoists. The nominated property covers 3.1 acres and includes the house and boathouse. Former outbuildings across the road were excluded because of alterations or demolition. The estate illustrates how Cazenovia became a resort for wealthy families once rail service expanded, and it ranks among the grandest Queen Anne residences in the area.","period_of_significance":"1885-1889","architect_builder":"Robert W. Gibson (Architect); Hunt & O'Brien (Syracuse, N.Y.) (Builder)","architectural_style":"Queen Anne; Shingle Style","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Historic and current function is a single dwelling with outdoor recreation use; the boathouse is still used for boat storage and the interior is largely unaltered.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:44.513163-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/91000868.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91000868/d0e252dc4d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91000868/d0e252dc4d-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Shockhill","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Notleymere.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Shockhill</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Notleymere.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75313528","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notleymere","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7063086"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/madison-county/notleymere-91000868/"}