{"nrhp_refnum":"96000864","name":"Shafer, Jacob, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"388 Kaisertown Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Montgomery","county":"Orange County","state":"NY","lat":41.523151797000025,"lon":-74.27037497399994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1996-08-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Greek Revival farmhouse built in 1842 at 388 Kaisertown Road in the town of Montgomery, Orange County, New York, for Jacob Youngblood Shafer. The 7.59-acre property also includes a barn ruin and a stone-lined well.","why_significant":"The house is presented as an intact, mid-Greek Revival farmhouse that shows how the style was adapted to the local building tradition. Its high-quality exterior and interior detailing, including the doorway, porches, corner pilasters, frieze and woodwork, survives in only a handful of homes in the area. The barn ruin and well add to its significance.","narrative":"Built in 1842 on a rise of land along Kaisertown Road in Montgomery, Orange County, this Greek Revival farmhouse was commissioned by Jacob Youngblood Shafer, grandson of an early settler whose pioneer stone house stands on the adjacent tract. The frame main block has two stories and three bays, with a one-and-a-half-story kitchen wing, a raised stone foundation and gable roofs. Its front doorway has sidelights, pilasters and a transom, and original decorative porch balustrades survive. Corner pilasters, a wide frieze and shouldered window architraves complete the exterior. Inside, the hall and parlors keep Greek Revival woodwork, a mahogany stair and an unusual parlor mantel. The house was considered among the finest in the Kaisertown district. Later owners included the Comfort family and the author Kate Seredy. A barn ruin and a stone-lined well also contribute to the property, which was recognized for its architectural integrity and as a local landmark.","period_of_significance":"ca.1842","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Mid-19th Century/Greek Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still used as a single-family dwelling; the form describes it as retaining an outstanding degree of architectural integrity.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:51.291637-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/96000864.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96000864/e12dc03bb7-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96000864/e12dc03bb7-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Original uploader was Daniel Case at en.wikipedia","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shafer_Homestead.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Original uploader was Daniel Case at en.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:Shafer_Homestead.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75320738","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Shafer_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6119264"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/orange-county/shafer-jacob-house-96000864/"}