{"nrhp_refnum":"99001487","name":"Frisbie, Augustus, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"NY 29A","address_restricted":false,"city":"Salisbury Center","county":"Herkimer County","state":"NY","lat":43.14288315600004,"lon":-74.78662557399997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1999-12-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Exploration/Settlement"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, five-bay timber-framed Federal-style house on NY Route 29A in the hamlet of Salisbury Center, Herkimer County, New York, built in 1805 by housewright Bilious Avery for Augustus Frisbie.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is a rare, substantially intact example of Federal-period timber-frame vernacular architecture in Salisbury Center. It is also tied to early settlement, since Frisbie was a prosperous settler who pioneered water-powered industry there. The house was built to double as a tavern and is the only surviving timber-framed residence in a community that lost many early wooden buildings to two fires.","narrative":"Built in 1805 on what is now NY Route 29A in Salisbury Center, this two-story, five-bay timber-framed house was commissioned by Augustus Frisbie, a New England settler who prospered in Herkimer County. Frisbie started the area's first textile finishing mill and acquired over 400 acres. He hired local housewright Bilious Avery to build a residence suited to his standing. The house has a center-hall plan, clapboard siding, a cut limestone foundation and many multi-pane windows. It also served as a tavern, with a large first-floor taproom and a long second-floor room used for sleeping and as a ballroom. A Greek Revival entrance was added in the 1840s. After later use as a two-family home and a period of disrepair, the Salisbury Historical Society bought it in 1981 and restored it. It is the community's only remaining timber-framed residence and now operates as a local history museum.","period_of_significance":"1805-ca. 1845","architect_builder":"Bilious Avery (builder)","architectural_style":"Early Republic/Federal","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Owned since 1981 by the Salisbury Historical Society, which has carried out a long-term rehabilitation; it now serves as a local history museum and hosts public programs.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:51.169964-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/99001487.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99001487/5743ca73e4-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99001487/5743ca73e4-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Doug Kerr from Albany, New York, United States","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Augustus_Frisbie_House_Jan_11.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Doug Kerr from Albany, New York, United States</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Augustus_Frisbie_House_Jan_11.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75318134","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus_Frisbie_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4821427"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/herkimer-county/frisbie-augustus-house-99001487/"}