{"nrhp_refnum":"92001053","name":"Adsit Log House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Point Rd. N of Ligonier Pt.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Willsboro","county":"Essex County","state":"NY","lat":44.42159461500006,"lon":-73.37597055499998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1992-08-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-and-a-half-story log house built about 1778 on Willsboro Point, Essex County, New York, on the east side of Point Road, about one-half mile west of Lake Champlain. It was built by the Adsit family, who were squatters on the Montressor patent.","why_significant":"The nomination argues that this is a rare surviving settlement-era log dwelling that has lasted far longer than most of its type. It keeps physical evidence of its c1778 construction, its c1830 enlargement and clapboarding, and its c1928 restoration as a museum. It also illustrates early settlement of the Lake Champlain region by squatters.","narrative":"This small log house on Willsboro Point, in Essex County, New York, dates to about 1778. Settlers Samuel Adsit and his wife built it on a ridge overlooking Lake Champlain while squatting on land of the Montressor patent. The dwelling measures roughly twenty-two by nineteen feet and is built mostly of round white oak logs joined with simple inverted V notches, with a half-story loft and a hall-parlor style plan. Around 1830 a frame addition and clapboard siding covered the logs, and the original chimney was removed. When the enlarged house was being demolished in the early twentieth century, the log section was rediscovered. It was restored about 1928, with the additions removed, rotten logs replaced, a new fieldstone chimney built and the interior whitewashed for use as a museum. About ninety percent of the logs are believed to be original. The house remains on its original site and is notable as a rare, long-surviving example of an eighteenth-century settlement-era log dwelling in northern New York.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Adsit family (built by Samuel Adsit and his wife, per the narrative)","architectural_style":"Other: log house","criteria":[],"status_note":"Historic function was a single dwelling; current function is listed as museum. Restored c1928 with a recreated fieldstone chimney.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:45.656605-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/92001053.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92001053/4a66d132eb-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92001053/4a66d132eb-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Bryan Nelson Elder","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Adsit_Log_House_in_Willsboro_Point.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Bryan Nelson Elder</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:Adsit_Log_House_in_Willsboro_Point.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75317750","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adsit_Log_Cabin","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4685836"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/essex-county/adsit-log-house-92001053/"}