{"nrhp_refnum":"98001343","name":"Clark, Hulet, Farmstead","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"207 S. Plank Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Westtown","county":"Orange County","state":"NY","lat":41.35777457750004,"lon":-74.54278743466006,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1998-11-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Politics/Government","Agriculture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A farmstead on both sides of South Plank Road in Westtown, in the town of Minisink, Orange County, New York. It includes a c1800 farmhouse, an 1876 dairy barn with a later addition, and a c1930s chicken house now used as a garage.","why_significant":"The farmstead is tied to Hulet Clark (1790-1857), a prominent Minisink citizen who held several local government offices and ran a dairy farm. The farmhouse is an intact example of an early nineteenth century vernacular Orange County farmhouse built by English-descended settlers. The surrounding fields preserve the property's agricultural history through the late 1940s.","narrative":"This 74-acre farmstead in Westtown, Orange County, preserves the core of a 420-acre farm that Hulet Clark bought in 1828. Clark was a militia colonel, town clerk, justice of the peace, county supervisor and judge of the Court of Common Pleas, and he ran a successful dairy farm here until his death in 1857. The property includes a c1800 two-story timber-frame farmhouse built into a hillside, with a side-passage plan, a shared interior chimney, a cooking hearth with beehive oven, and original moldings and wide plank floors. Its tall, narrow form contrasts with the long, low Dutch houses of the region and reflects English building traditions. An 1876 dairy barn, enlarged in the 1930s, and an early twentieth century chicken house record later farming. Local tradition says the house sheltered escaping slaves, but the nomination notes this is unverified. Open fields remain in use.","period_of_significance":"1800-c1948","architect_builder":"unknown","architectural_style":"Early Republic","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Farmhouse remains a dwelling; the chicken house is now a garage; fields have been leased to neighboring farmers since the 1960s and remain in active use.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:50.885414-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/98001343.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/98001343/4278211b2c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/98001343/4278211b2c-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Daniel Case","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hulet_Clark_Farmstead.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniel Case</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:Hulet_Clark_Farmstead.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75320606","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hulet_Clark_Farmstead","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5935638"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/orange-county/clark-hulet-farmstead-98001343/"}