{"nrhp_refnum":"95000046","name":"Rice, Oliver, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Old NY 30, E side","address_restricted":false,"city":"Mayfield","county":"Fulton County","state":"NY","lat":43.099949233000075,"lon":-74.27737464799998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1995-02-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A large two-story, five-bay, center-chimney frame house built in 1810 on Old NYS Route 30 (Riceville Road) in Mayfield, Fulton County, New York, with a c1790 dwelling moved and attached as an east wing. It sits on a four-acre parcel with a smokehouse, pumphouse and garage.","why_significant":"The house is a rare example in the Mohawk Valley of a classic New England center-chimney form, reflecting the Connecticut origins of post-Revolutionary settlers. The c1790 wing shows a typical vernacular settlement-period dwelling. The property also records the long occupation of the Rice family and the changes in local history and architectural fashion, including Colonial Revival alterations of the 1920s-30s.","narrative":"Built in 1810 by Oliver Rice, this two-story, five-bay frame house with a massive center chimney stands on Old NYS Route 30 in Mayfield. It follows the New England building tradition, a form the nomination describes as rare in the Mohawk Valley, where German building customs were more common. A smaller wing, constructed around 1790 at a nearby location, was moved and attached to the rear by about 1847. The house was once the center of a forty-acre farm and industrial complex that Rice began developing in 1789, including a woolen mill and blacksmith shop. Later Rice family members altered it, adding a south entrance around 1865, a woodshed around 1900, and Colonial Revival features in the 1920s and 1930s, including a portico, porte-cochere and summer kitchen. By 1946 only four acres remained with the house. A brick smokehouse, pumphouse and garage also survive. The property is now a museum and documents both early settlement and later family use.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Oliver Rice (original owner who developed the farm and industrial complex; builder not otherwise named)","architectural_style":"Early Republic (New England center-chimney form with Federal detailing)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Now used as a museum; the second-floor vestibule room is being renovated for exhibit space, and the basement structural framing is badly deteriorated and in need of stabilization.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:51.598972-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/95000046.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95000046/6a39a86ba9-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95000046/6a39a86ba9-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Beyond My Ken","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oliver_Rice_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Beyond My Ken</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:Oliver_Rice_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75317877","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Rice_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7087791"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/fulton-county/rice-oliver-house-95000046/"}