{"nrhp_refnum":"98000039","name":"Thompson, Robert A., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"NY 302, S of jct. of NY 302 and Dickerson Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Crawford","county":"Orange County","state":"NY","lat":41.560680294000036,"lon":-74.34188707974498,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1998-01-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story stone Federal-style farmhouse on an 11.9-acre parcel along Route 302 in the Town of Crawford, Orange County, New York, erected in 1822 for Robert A. Thompson, with a frame woodhouse wing and several outbuildings.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is architecturally significant as an intact example of a Federal-era dwelling adapted to the local vernacular. It retains fine Adamesque interior woodwork, mantels, a stair hall arch and a Federal entrance. Together with its setting, it reflects the town's growth as a prosperous agrarian community in the early nineteenth century.","narrative":"Built in 1822 on a hilltop along Route 302 in Crawford, Orange County, this two-story stone farmhouse has five bays, a center-hall plan and a one-story frame woodhouse attached at one gable end. A date stone carries the initials of Robert A. Thompson, a member of the Thompson family that settled Thompson Ridge. The Federal entrance has sidelights, pilasters and a rope-and-sunburst entablature. Inside, the parlor, dining room and hall display Adamesque woodwork, carved mantels and a keystone arch in the stair hall. A basement keeping room holds a large hearth and bee-hive oven. The farm later passed through several generations of the family, was sold at auction in 1905, and fell into neglect before a 1948 purchase led to its rescue. Two historic stone-lined wells contribute to the property. It was listed for its architecture, as an intact Federal-era house closely related to other Thompson houses nearby and reflecting the town's early rural prosperity.","period_of_significance":"ca.1822","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Early Republic/Federal","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Currently a single dwelling; the house was neglected for years before being rescued and restored after 1948, and it retains a high degree 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 02:51:50.341833-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/98000039.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/98000039/08331204de-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/98000039/08331204de-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:RA_Thompson_Homestead.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:RA_Thompson_Homestead.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75320768","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_A._Thompson_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14707226"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/orange-county/thompson-robert-a-house-98000039/"}