{"nrhp_refnum":"96000666","name":"Horr, Elijah, House","other_names":["E side of NY 180, N of jct. with Woodard Rd., Hamlet of Ston"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"E side of NY 180, N of jct. with Woodard Rd., Hamlet of Stone Mills","address_restricted":false,"city":"Orleans","county":"Jefferson County","state":"NY","lat":44.11353075100004,"lon":-75.97421874399998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1996-06-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Exploration/Settlement"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, five-bay Federal style stone farmhouse built circa 1835 on the east side of Route 180 in the hamlet of Stone Mills, Town of Orleans, Jefferson County, New York, on a 4.3-acre lot.","why_significant":"The house is a distinguished example of early-nineteenth century vernacular stone architecture and craftsmanship, with fine quoins, lintels and sills, and it retains much of its original plan and woodwork. It is also tied to the settlement of Stone Mills, built by a prosperous farmer, Elijah Horr, on land bought from John and Louisa LaFarge in 1835.","narrative":"Set well back from Route 180 in the hamlet of Stone Mills, this two-story limestone farmhouse was built around 1835 for Elijah Horr, a prosperous farmer who bought the land from John and Louisa LaFarge. Its five-bay, center-entrance front shows Federal style detailing, including an elliptical stone arch with a keystone, large quoins, and dressed lintels and sills laid in even courses. Inside, the original plan survives, with pine woodwork, paneled doors, an enclosed straight-run stair and fireplaces. A late-nineteenth century renovation added scalloped eave brackets, a new roof and two-over-two sash. Of the farm's 325 acres and its outbuildings, only a c.1870 hen house remains. The house was listed for its architecture, as a rare, well-preserved example of the region's early vernacular stone building tradition, and for its link to early settlement around the mills on the Chaumont River. Horr also helped pay for the Union Church and donated land for the Stone Mills Cemetery.","period_of_significance":"c.1835-c.1870","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Early Republic/Federal","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Listed as not in use; the form notes a sagging hen house, a collapsed barn (1994), and a late-nineteenth century renovation of the main house.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:50.598033-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/96000666.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75313282","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elijah_Horr_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5360929"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/jefferson-county/horr-elijah-house-96000666/"}