{"nrhp_refnum":"91000871","name":"Upenough","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Rippleton St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cazenovia","county":"Madison County","state":"NY","lat":42.90342172700008,"lon":-75.87569431699995,"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":"Upenough is a small summer estate on Rippleton Road, about three miles south of the village of Cazenovia, Madison County, New York. It has a Dutch Colonial Revival style main house built about 1910 and three contributing outbuildings on a five-acre parcel.","why_significant":"The nomination presents Upenough as an excellent late example of the summer estates built near Cazenovia Lake. Its eclectic Craftsman and Dutch Colonial Revival house reflects Adirondack-lodge rusticity and was the first estate in the area built for a Syracuse client. It also retains its original setting and the relationship between the house and its service buildings, which is described as the highest integrity among the area's summer estates.","narrative":"Upenough is a five-acre summer estate on a rise above Rippleton Road, south of Cazenovia in Madison County, New York. Its two-story wood-frame house, built about 1910, combines Dutch Colonial Revival and Craftsman features, including a broad gambrel roof, wrap-around porch, shingled upper story and a large living room with exposed beams. A garage, guest cottage and tool shed complete the estate. It was built for Ophelia King by her nephew Chester King, a Syracuse lawyer, and is attributed to Syracuse architect Melvin King, though that remains unverified. Clarence Hancock, later a congressman, bought it in 1921 and added a porch, a rear addition and the outbuildings. The property is valued as the first of three Syracuse-commissioned estates, with Old Trees and Longshore, that drew on Adirondack rusticity. It keeps its original setting and the relationship between main and service buildings, making it a well-preserved example of an early twentieth century summer estate.","period_of_significance":"1910-c1930","architect_builder":"Attributed to Melvin King","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival (Dutch Colonial Revival, with Craftsman and Shingle Style elements)","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still used as a single dwelling; the property has remained in the Hancock family since 1921.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:45.981939-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/91000871.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75313534","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upenough","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7898260"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/madison-county/upenough-91000871/"}