{"nrhp_refnum":"97000951","name":"Kingsford House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"150 W. Third St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Oswego","county":"Oswego County","state":"NY","lat":43.45443564400006,"lon":-76.51283928999999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1997-08-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-one-half story brick residence at 150 West Third Street in Oswego, New York, built ca. 1870 in the Italianate style and rebuilt in 1912-1913 in the Tudor Revival style, with a contributing limestone terrace wall and iron fence.","why_significant":"The house is significant under Criterion C as a distinctive, though somewhat atypical, example of Tudor Revival eclecticism in Oswego. It was created largely within the envelope of an earlier Italianate house for the Kingsford starch family. The original terrace wall and fence were preserved and integrated into the redesign, so the period of significance runs from ca. 1870 to 1913.","narrative":"Standing at the corner of West Third and West Oneida streets in Oswego, this brick house began as an Italianate residence built around 1870 for Thomson Kingsford, head of the Oswego starch works. In 1912-1913 his son, Thomas Pettibone Kingsford, had it rebuilt in the Tudor Revival style under architect Francis Thomas, a cousin. Bracketed cornices were removed and steep parapet gables, chimneys and leaded glass bay windows were added. Inside, pocket doors, built-in cabinets, fireplaces, a Renaissance-style staircase and a 50-foot third-floor ballroom designed to recall a great hall survive. The original limestone terrace wall and cast and wrought iron fence were kept and worked into the new design. The State University College at Oswego bought the house in 1954 for student housing, and a sorority owned it from 1961. After a careful rehabilitation it now serves as a residence and bed and breakfast. Its architecture and well-preserved interiors led to its listing.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1870 - 1913","architect_builder":"Thomas, Francis architect; Raby, Peter builder","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals / Tudor Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Rehabilitated after earlier use as student housing and a sorority house; now used as a private residence and bed and breakfast, in excellent condition with a high level of integrity.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:50.115792-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/97000951.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75320837","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingsford_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6413210"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/oswego-county/kingsford-house-97000951/"}