{"nrhp_refnum":"94000928","name":"Bitley, Thomas, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Lake St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Jerusalem","county":"Yates County","state":"NY","lat":42.592514949000076,"lon":-77.15243529699995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1994-08-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick Italianate house built about 1855 on Lake Street in Jerusalem, Yates County, New York, near Branchport. It sits on a 1.4-acre parcel historically associated with it.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is an outstanding regional example of Italianate residential architecture in Yates County. It shows the style's typical features, including cubic massing, a balustrade, bracketed eaves, a low hipped roof and ornate porches. It also keeps a high degree of integrity and is described as an important local architectural landmark.","narrative":"Built around 1855 on the west side of Lake Street in Jerusalem, near Branchport, this two-story brick house is a rural example of Italianate design in Yates County. The main block is cubic and three bays by three, set on a fieldstone foundation under a low hipped roof topped by a balustrade. Paired, scroll-sawn brackets support broad overhanging eaves, and a veranda with chamfered posts spans the front. The entrance has double-leaf doors under a fanlight, and the windows have stone sills and lintels. One-and-a-half-story and single-story rear wings appear original. Inside, the original plan of formal front rooms and common rear rooms survives, along with plaster walls, wood moldings, mantels, paneled doors and the stair. The house was listed for its architecture, as an outstanding regional example of a style that was widespread in the county between 1845 and 1880. It keeps strong integrity of design, materials and setting.","period_of_significance":"ca.1855","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late Victorian/Italianate","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Historic and current use is a single dwelling; the form describes it as substantially intact from its period of construction.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:50.114457-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/94000928.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75315535","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Bitley_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7787657"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/yates-county/bitley-thomas-house-94000928/"}