{"nrhp_refnum":"92001051","name":"Rippey Cobblestone Farmhouse","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1227 Leet Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Seneca","county":"Ontario County","state":"NY","lat":42.84106998800007,"lon":-77.03843665199997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1992-10-06","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story cobblestone gentleman's farmhouse with a one-story side wing, built around 1854 on Leet Road at Route 245 in the town of Seneca, Ontario County, New York, on a two-acre parcel.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is a highly intact, rare example of Late Period cobblestone masonry in New York, with uniform reddish oval stones laid six per quoin. It is also a distinguished example of Picturesque, Victorian-era rural architecture in the Finger Lakes region, combining Greek Revival massing with Italianate detail.","narrative":"Built around 1854 on Leet Road in the rural town of Seneca, this cobblestone farmhouse was home to a gentleman farmer, J. Rippey Jr., whose name is carved in a limestone transom over the side entrance. The two-story house and one-story side wing are faced with small, reddish, oval, lake-washed cobbles, laid six per quoin on the front facade and set at a slant, with gray limestone quoins at the corners. Its form recalls Greek Revival houses of the 1830s and 1840s, while broad bracketed eaves and paired round-arched windows show early Italianate influence. The property was listed because it is an unusually well-preserved example of Late Period cobblestone masonry, which is rare in Ontario County and the state, where most cobblestone buildings are modest farmhouses from earlier decades. The original 200-acre estate has been subdivided, leaving a two-acre parcel, but surrounding farmland preserves the rural setting, and the house remains a prominent local landmark.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1854","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late Victorian: Italianate (Greek Revival form with Italianate ornament)","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still used as a single dwelling; original farm outbuildings no longer survive and a 1977 frame garage is non-contributing.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:46.21046-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/92001051.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75314107","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rippey_Cobblestone_Farmhouse","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7335702"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/ontario-county/rippey-cobblestone-farmhouse-92001051/"}