{"nrhp_refnum":"94000964","name":"Whitaker House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Benton--Torrey Town Line Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Benton","county":"Yates County","state":"NY","lat":42.70466269900004,"lon":-77.01711471999994,"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 one and one-half story Gothic Revival frame farmhouse built about 1850 on the west side of Benton-Torrey Town Line Road, about 3 miles north of Penn Yan in the town of Benton, Yates County, New York.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a representative and highly intact example of Carpenter Gothic residential architecture in Yates County. It retains steeply pitched gables, scroll-sawn vergeboards, ornate hood moldings and a prominent central gable. It is also described as an important local landmark recalling the mid-nineteenth century development of the area.","narrative":"Built around 1850 in the town of Benton, about three miles north of Penn Yan, this farmhouse is a rectangular, one and one-half story frame dwelling with a stone foundation, clapboard walls and a crossed gable roof. A rear wing combines a residential section with a two-bay carriage shed. The east facade is dominated by a central gable trimmed with scroll-sawn vergeboards, and the double-hung windows and central door are topped by ornate applied wood lintels. Inside, plaster walls, wood moldings, mantels, paneled doors and a stair with turned newels and balusters survive. The house was listed as a representative example of Carpenter Gothic residential architecture in Yates County. That style relied on pattern books, balloon framing and plentiful lumber, and is known above all for scroll-sawn wooden ornament. The nomination also calls the house a local landmark that recalls the mid-nineteenth century development of this part of the county. It is still a single-family home on a parcel of less than one acre.","period_of_significance":"ca.1850","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Mid-Nineteenth Century/Gothic Revival (Carpenter Gothic)","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Used as a single dwelling; the interior is described as highly intact.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:50.995182-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/94000964.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75315574","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitaker_House_(Benton,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7994129"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/yates-county/whitaker-house-94000964/"}