{"nrhp_refnum":"94001635","name":"Phelps, Stephen, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2701 Penfield Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Penfield","county":"Monroe County","state":"NY","lat":43.127298893000074,"lon":-77.3919639506465,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1995-02-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Federal Style frame farmhouse at 2701 Penfield Road in the Town of Penfield, Monroe County, New York, built between about 1814 and 1817. The nominated property also includes a contributing barn complex and a non-contributing water tower.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a remarkably intact example of settlement-period rural domestic architecture in western New York, with a symmetrical main block, plain trim and finely crafted pedimented window and door details. It is described as the earliest intact dwelling in Penfield. The barn and open fields are cited as rare reminders of the town's agricultural heritage.","narrative":"Set on a 39-acre parcel on Penfield Road east of Rochester, this farmhouse was built between about 1814 and 1817 and is described as the earliest intact dwelling in the Town of Penfield. The frame house has a two-story, five-bay main block with a center entrance, flanked by smaller one-and-a-half story wings added in stages. Original trim, wide-board floors, plaster walls, stairways and finely crafted pedimented lintels survive inside. A contributing barn complex stands nearby, and open meadows remain behind the house. Seth Antisdale built the house before Stephen Phelps of Canaan, Connecticut, bought the land in 1817. Phelps farmed there and became known as a cheese maker, and his family lived on the property until 1909. The house was listed for its architecture, as a well-preserved example of plain, functional Federal design from the settlement period in western New York.","period_of_significance":"1814-1817","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Early Republic; Federal","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still used as a single dwelling; the form reports high integrity, with the kitchen and rear addition remodelled.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:50.335809-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/94001635.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/94001635/f0b5b3308d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/94001635/f0b5b3308d-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Jerrye &amp; Roy Klotz, MD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:STEPHEN_PHELPS_HOUSE,_PENFIELD,_MONROE_COUNTY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jerrye &amp;amp; Roy Klotz, MD</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:STEPHEN_PHELPS_HOUSE,_PENFIELD,_MONROE_COUNTY.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75318902","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Phelps_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7610241"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/monroe-county/phelps-stephen-house-94001635/"}