{"nrhp_refnum":"99001000","name":"McKinney Stables of Empire City Farms","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"105 South St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cuba","county":"Allegany County","state":"NY","lat":42.20911658050005,"lon":-78.2712284870066,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1999-08-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Agriculture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A massive concrete and terra-cotta tile horse stable on a 99-acre farm on South Street, just south of the village of Cuba, Allegany County, New York. It was built in 1907-09 and designed by Buffalo architect John H. Coxhead.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is an outstanding, monumental example of a concrete block agricultural building in New York's Southern Tier. It shows early twentieth-century use of concrete as a durable, fire-proof alternative to wood frame. It is also tied to William Simpson's Empire City Farms and his trotter McKinney.","narrative":"McKinney Stables is a 347-foot-long horse barn on a 99-acre farm just south of the village of Cuba, New York. Built in 1907-09, it is made almost entirely of concrete: poured foundations and floors, cast concrete block walls, and concrete arches carrying a terra-cotta tile roof. A three-story center block is flanked by two-story stable wings, with details such as segmental arches, keystones, brackets and bull's-eye windows that set it apart from plainer concrete farm buildings. William Simpson, owner of Empire City Farms, commissioned it to house his trotter McKinney and the horse's offspring after a fire destroyed his New Hudson training barns. Architect John Coxhead of Buffalo designed it, and the blocks were cast on site by hand. The stable also held Simpson's power plant and printing press. It is valued as an example of early concrete construction and as a monument to the region's agricultural and horse-breeding history.","period_of_significance":"1907-09","architect_builder":"John H. Coxhead, Buffalo","architectural_style":"20th Century Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Stood empty for years after the 1910s, had a minor restoration in the 1980s, and is now being carefully restored by horse owners/breeders who use it for horses.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:51.273184-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/99001000.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99001000/11d33c74b9-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99001000/11d33c74b9-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Andre Carrotflower","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:McKinney_Stables,_Cuba,_New_York_-_20200719.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Andre Carrotflower</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:McKinney_Stables,_Cuba,_New_York_-_20200719.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75316423","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McKinney_Stables_of_Empire_City_Farms","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14706927"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/allegany-county/mckinney-stables-of-empire-city-farms-99001000/"}