{"nrhp_refnum":"94000941","name":"Hobart, James, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"4646 Italy Valley Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Potter","county":"Yates County","state":"NY","lat":42.694839360500055,"lon":-77.21243015966925,"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 farmhouse at 4646 Italy Valley Road in the town of Potter, Yates County, New York, built around 1855 as a two-story, frame Italianate dwelling on a 147-acre farm parcel with surviving outbuildings.","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 cupola, bracketed eaves, double-leaf entry doors and a low hipped roof. The house, three intact outbuildings and the historic acreage retain a high degree of integrity, making it an important local architectural landmark.","narrative":"Built around 1855 on the north side of Italy Valley Road in Potter, this farmhouse anchors a 147-acre parcel historically tied to the farm of James Hobart. It is a two-story, cubic, frame house on a fieldstone foundation, with a low hipped roof topped by a cupola, broad bracketed eaves and a veranda with chamfered posts and scroll-sawn brackets across the front and side. A one-and-one-half-story rear wing is an earlier dwelling absorbed into the later construction. Inside, the original plan survives, along with plaster walls, wood moldings, mantels, paneled doors and the stair. A privy and two sheds from the period of significance remain, while a modern cow barn and silo do not contribute. The house was listed as an outstanding regional example of Italianate residential design in Yates County, where the style was common in villages and less often found on outlying farms. Its setting and materials remain largely intact.","period_of_significance":"ca.1855","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late Victorian/Italianate","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still used as a single dwelling with agricultural outbuildings; the form says the house retains its original plan and much historic interior fabric.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:50.007072-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/94000941.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75315542","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Hobart_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6136111"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/yates-county/hobart-james-house-94000941/"}