{"nrhp_refnum":"91001630","name":"Ames, Leonard, Farmhouse","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"5707 Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Mexico","county":"Oswego County","state":"NY","lat":43.460500710000076,"lon":-76.24118779199995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1991-11-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A farmhouse at 5707 Main Street in the village of Mexico, Oswego County, New York, built in two phases: a small frame house around 1815 and a large stone addition in 1835. It sits on a one-acre village lot that was once part of a larger farm.","why_significant":"The house is a distinctive, intact example of an early nineteenth-century farmhouse in Mexico. The two building phases show changes in construction methods, style, craftsmanship and farm prosperity. The 1835 stone section is a rare stone farmhouse in the town, though its form is typical of local farmhouses. It was built by Leonard Ames, an early settler.","narrative":"This farmhouse on Main Street in the village of Mexico, New York, was built in two stages by early settler Leonard Ames. A small one-and-one-half-story frame house of post-and-beam construction went up around 1815, replacing a log cabin. In 1835 Ames added a two-story stone residence with a side wing, finished in Federal style details such as a wooden cornice with returns, a carved transom shelf and hand-turned stair balusters. Lintels over the entrances carry the date 1835. The stone is finely cut, with some blocks weighing over half a ton. Stone farmhouses are rare in Mexico, though the plan is typical of local farmhouses. The contrast between the modest early wing and the large addition, built about twenty years apart, reflects the town's growth and its farmers' rising prosperity. The Ames family took part in local civic, political and Methodist life. The surrounding farm was later subdivided, leaving the house on a one-acre lot.","period_of_significance":"1815-1835","architect_builder":"Leonard Ames (builder); architect unknown","architectural_style":"Federal","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still used as a single dwelling; the form lists both historic and current function as single dwelling. A 1930s garage and a swimming pool are noncontributing.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:44.677046-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/91001630.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91001630/27c65dbb7e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91001630/27c65dbb7e-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"JaPaGaIII","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Leo_ames.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">JaPaGaIII</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:Leo_ames.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75314269","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Ames_Farmhouse","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6525068"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/oswego-county/ames-leonard-farmhouse-91001630/"}