{"nrhp_refnum":"96000150","name":"Sands-Ring House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cornwall","county":"Orange County","state":"NY","lat":41.439759120000076,"lon":-74.03205954699996,"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 frame vernacular farmhouse on Main Street in Cornwall, Orange County, New York, built in three sections between about 1760 and 1790 on a three-acre lot that remains from the Sands family farm.","why_significant":"It is described as one of the few largely intact vernacular dwellings in Cornwall and the oldest surviving dwelling in the town's multiple property submission. The text also links it to early settlers Nathaniel and David Sands and to its use for Quaker meetings before the Friends Meeting House was built. The box checked on the form is Criterion C, architecture.","narrative":"Built in three stages between about 1760 and 1790, this frame farmhouse on Main Street in Cornwall began as a one-story, three-bay, side-hall block erected by merchant Nathaniel Sands. His son David added a taller section in 1770 for a store and living quarters, and a further addition followed in 1790. Dormers, a long porch, simple trim and original windows, hand-hewn beams and Federal-period mantels and moldings survive. The house is the oldest surviving dwelling in Cornwall's multiple property submission and is valued as a largely intact example of early vernacular building. David Sands, a Quaker minister, held meetings here until the Friends Meeting House was built in 1790. The Sands and Ring families lived in the house until 1907. Later it served as a teahouse and as offices for a war relief association, and a preservation society then deeded it to the town in 1950. After restoration beginning in 1956, it operates as a museum and civic meeting place.","period_of_significance":"ca.1760-ca.1790","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Other/vernacular","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Now operated as a museum and meeting place for civic groups, after a restoration begun in 1956 by the Town of Cornwall.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:50.157412-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/96000150.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96000150/56c9073fea-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96000150/56c9073fea-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"The original uploader was Daniel Case at English Wikipedia.","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sands-Ring_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">The original uploader was Daniel Case at English Wikipedia.</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:Sands-Ring_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75314193","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sands_Ring_Homestead_Museum","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7416908"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/orange-county/sands-ring-house-96000150/"}