{"nrhp_refnum":"95000058","name":"House at 18 Aurora Street","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"18 Aurora St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Moravia","county":"Cayuga County","state":"NY","lat":42.71081705000006,"lon":-76.42292422099996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1995-02-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story frame Greek Revival house at 18 Aurora Street in Moravia, Cayuga County, New York, built around 1850 on a former turnpike just west of the Main Street business district.","why_significant":"The house is argued to be an excellent and largely intact example of Greek Revival residential architecture in Moravia, representing early housing in the village. It retains its period features and integrity despite a later portico and asbestos shingle siding. Its sunburst design in the temple-front pediment is described as unusual locally.","narrative":"Built around 1850, this two-story frame house on Aurora Street in Moravia, New York, is a Greek Revival residence on a former turnpike lined with similar Federal and Greek Revival homes. Its main block has a three-bay temple front with a side entrance, corner pilasters, a wide frieze band, six-over-six-light windows and a recessed front door with sidelights and a transom. The full pediment holds a sunburst design that is unusual in the area. A rear wing and a one-story side-gabled ell extend behind, and a Colonial Revival portico shelters the entrance. Inside, the original side hall layout survives, with heavy shouldered door architraves and Victorian parlor doors with glazed panels. The house was listed for its architecture as an excellent, largely intact example of Greek Revival housing from the village's early development. Later changes, including the porches, rear wing alterations and asbestos shingle siding, have not erased its period character. It is still used as a single dwelling.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1850","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Mid-19th Century / Greek Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Remains in use as a single-family dwelling; retains a high degree of period integrity apart from added porches, rear wing changes and asbestos shingle siding.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:51.417556-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/95000058.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95000058/cdc31e138d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95000058/cdc31e138d-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Myowan","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Scaryhouse.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Myowan</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Scaryhouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75312176","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_at_18_Aurora_Street","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5914016"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/cayuga-county/house-at-18-aurora-street-95000058/"}