{"nrhp_refnum":"96001022","name":"Rottiers, John N., Farm","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"E side of NY 180, approximately 2 mi. S of the Hamlet of Lafargeville","address_restricted":false,"city":"Orleans","county":"Jefferson County","state":"NY","lat":44.164927678000026,"lon":-75.97431822699997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1996-09-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Agriculture","Exploration/Settlement"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 229-acre farmstead on the east side of Route 180 in the Town of Orleans, Jefferson County, New York, centered on a two-story limestone Federal-style house built in 1833, with a dairy barn, servants' house, privy and carriage barn remains.","why_significant":"The farm is a largely intact 19th-century farmstead and its main house is a distinctive example of late Federal stone architecture, with stonework attributed to mason Hial Cook. It is also tied to the town's early settlement through John N. Rottiers, land agent for John LaFarge, and to the area's farming and dairy history.","narrative":"This 229-acre farmstead in the Town of Orleans, Jefferson County, is centered on a two-story limestone house built in 1833, with one-story stone wings. Its blue limestone blocks are unusually regular and evenly coursed, and the work is attributed to the stonemason Hial Cook, who built other structures for John LaFarge. Delicate Federal woodwork, original twelve-over-twelve windows and a largely intact interior plan survive. Behind the house are a dairy barn and a servants' house, both from about 1880, a privy and the remains of a carriage barn. The farm is also linked to John N. Rottiers, a Belgian-born former agent of the Antwerp Company whom LaFarge chose as his land agent in 1838. Rottiers collected rents, sold parcels, held town offices and ran a dairy and bee operation that became a model farm. The property is recognized for its architecture, its connection to early settlement and its continuing agricultural setting.","period_of_significance":"1833-c.1946","architect_builder":"Hial Cook (attributed)","architectural_style":"Early Republic/Federal","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still used as a single dwelling with agricultural fields and outbuildings. The land is leased to neighboring farmers for pasture and cultivation, and some outbuildings are somewhat deteriorated.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:51.264412-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/96001022.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75313210","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_N._Rottiers_Farm","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6250106"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/jefferson-county/rottiers-john-n-farm-96001022/"}