{"nrhp_refnum":"96000148","name":"Brooks, Samuel, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Pleasant Hill Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cornwall","county":"Orange County","state":"NY","lat":41.421151714000075,"lon":-74.06945684899995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1996-03-08","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two and one-half story frame farmhouse with Gothic Revival detail on Pleasant Hill Road in Cornwall, Orange County, New York, built about 1860 for Samuel Brooks, with two barns on a lot of under two acres.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a representative, highly intact example of a Victorian farmhouse that also served as a summer boarding house. It retains Gothic Revival features and boarding-house features such as verandas, large first-floor rooms and transoms over bedroom doors. It is linked to Cornwall's agricultural development and its popularity as a summer resort between 1850 and 1900.","narrative":"This frame farmhouse on Pleasant Hill Road in Cornwall, Orange County, was built around 1860 on land owned by Samuel Brooks, a farmer descended from one of the town's earliest families. The two and one-half story, five-bay house has narrow clapboard siding, carved vergeboards, pointed-arch windows with hood molding, a cross gable and raised porches with cut-out railings. Two barns stand on the lot of under two acres, the only part of the larger Brooks farm that still retains its historic integrity. Inside, the center-hall plan keeps its original staircase, marble and wood mantels, wide floorboards, paneled doors and large first-floor rooms. The house was listed as an example of a Victorian farmhouse that also took in summer boarders, during the period when Cornwall was a popular resort. Verandas, big dining space, transoms over bedroom doors and a finished attic reflect that dual use. It is described as a rare intact example of its type.","period_of_significance":"ca.1860","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late Victorian / Stick Style (described in the text as eclectic with Gothic Revival detail)","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Historic and current function is single-family domestic; the interior and exterior are 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 02:51:50.857958-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/96000148.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96000148/49e28dd22c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96000148/49e28dd22c-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Daniel Case","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Samuel_Brooks_House,_Cornwall,_NY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniel Case</a>, <a href=\"http://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:Samuel_Brooks_House,_Cornwall,_NY.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75314189","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Brooks_House_(Cornwall,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2218036"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/orange-county/brooks-samuel-house-96000148/"}