{"nrhp_refnum":"97000568","name":"Thompson, Alexander, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Jct. of NY 302 and Thompson Ridge Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Crawford","county":"Orange County","state":"NY","lat":41.57061858700007,"lon":-74.33385544699996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1997-06-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A farmhouse with outbuildings on a 3.1-acre parcel along New York State Route 302 at Thompson Ridge in the Town of Crawford, Orange County, New York. The main block was built in 1822, with a rear wing remodeled around 1840 that is believed to incorporate an earlier frame.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is an intact example of a Federal/Greek Revival era farmhouse that shows how these styles were adapted to the local vernacular. It reflects the shift from eighteenth-century pioneer dwellings to more standardized early nineteenth-century forms. Its detailing, outbuildings and country setting reflect Crawford's growth as a prosperous agricultural community.","narrative":"Set on a hilltop at Thompson Ridge in the Town of Crawford, this farmhouse was built in 1822 by Alexander Thompson Jr. in the Federal style. A rear wing, remodeled in the Greek Revival manner about twenty years later, is believed to contain the frame of an earlier dwelling reputedly built by 1778. The two-story, five-bay, center-hall house retains original six-over-six windows, clapboard siding, an Adamesque front doorway with carved fans and sunburst, and a gable-roofed front porch. Inside, plaster cornices, mantels and woodwork survive from the nineteenth century. The 3.1-acre property also holds a wagonhouse, a stone smokehouse dated 1850 on a lintel, woodhouse ruins, two stone-lined wells and dry-laid stone walls. Thompson served as Town Supervisor and donated land for the Hopewell Church. The house was listed for its architecture, as an intact example of Federal and Greek Revival design in the local vernacular and a reminder of Crawford's agricultural past.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1750 - ca. 1845","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Early Republic/Federal (Federal/Greek Revival era)","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Used as a single-family dwelling, both historically and currently; the wagonhouse is now used as a three-car garage and the woodhouse survives only as foundation ruins.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:51.561093-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/97000568.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97000568/537099d73b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97000568/537099d73b-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:Alexander_Thompson_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:Alexander_Thompson_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75320764","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Thompson_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4720220"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/orange-county/thompson-alexander-house-97000568/"}