{"nrhp_refnum":"92000439","name":"Angus Cobblestone Farmhouse and Barn Complex","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"612 NY 14","address_restricted":false,"city":"Benton","county":"Yates County","state":"NY","lat":42.73404491250005,"lon":-76.97446050284555,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1992-05-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A cobblestone farmhouse (ca. 1831-34) with three late nineteenth-century outbuildings (two barns and a shed) on a 62.2-acre farm on the west side of Route 14 in Benton, Yates County, New York.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the farmhouse is a largely intact example of cobblestone construction in New York State and a representative example of mid-nineteenth century vernacular Greek Revival rural domestic architecture in the Finger Lakes Region. Its herringbone cobble pattern is unusual for an early building. The surviving barns and shed help preserve the farmhouse's agrarian setting.","narrative":"On the west side of Route 14 in Benton, Yates County, a farm of 62.2 acres holds a cobblestone farmhouse built around 1831-34, together with two frame barns and a small shed from the late nineteenth century. The house is one and one-half stories with five bays and a center hall. Its walls are made of field cobbles, set in horizontal rows with limestone mortar, limestone quoins, and lintels. The cobbles are laid in a herringbone pattern, which is unusual for such an early cobblestone building. Greek Revival features include wide entablatures, cornice returns, and an elaborate front entrance with pilasters and a full entablature. Inside, the main rooms retain fine woodwork, a staircase with turned balusters, and wide pine floors. It is one of nine surviving cobblestone buildings in Yates County, and the nomination treats it as an early, somewhat rough example of the technique. The barns and shed are counted as contributing parts of the complex because they keep the farm setting intact.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1831 - ca. 1920s","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Mid-19th Century; Greek Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Historic and current function is a single dwelling; most of the farm is under cultivation.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:46.176043-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/92000439.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75315527","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angus_Cobblestone_Farmhouse_and_Barn_Complex","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4764089"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/yates-county/angus-cobblestone-farmhouse-and-barn-complex-92000439/"}