Jones, Samuel and Johanna, Farm
Why it's listed
Northeast of Amsterdam, along the old road to Ballston Spa, a 100-acre farm preserves the look of a mid-nineteenth century Mohawk Valley farmstead. Samuel and Johanna Jones, who came from Orange County, New Jersey, established it in 1795. Five generations of the family lived there. The farmhouse grew in stages: a small one-storey section that may be the earliest, a one-and-one-half storey tee wing, a two-storey Greek Revival main block of the 1850s with Doric pilasters, a pediment and a detailed entrance, and a later rear addition with graining dated 1878. Outbuildings include a gambrel-roofed cow barn built around 1912 on the foundations of an Erie Canal mule stable, a milk shed, chicken coop, machine shed and privy. Fields, pastures and woodlots survive largely as they were. The property was listed as an intact example of a family farm that rose in the nineteenth century and declined by the mid-twentieth, and for its Greek Revival architecture.
Significance in brief: The nomination argues the farm is an intact, representative example of a family farm that was settled in the late eighteenth century, prospered through the nineteenth, and declined by the mid-twentieth. The farmhouse is described as a distinguished example of mid-nineteenth century Greek Revival domestic architecture. Together with its outbuildings and agricultural landscape, it documents five generations of one of eastern Montgomery County's earliest families of note.
Machine-generated summary. This summary was generated by a language model from the official nomination document and has not been reviewed line by line by an editor. It may contain errors. Check the source document before relying on any detail. Source: nomination document (PDF) · National Archives catalog entry. NRHP reference 93000460, listed May 27, 1993. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence high).
Key facts
| Address | NY 67 W of jct. with NY 296, Amsterdam |
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| County | Montgomery County |
| Listed | May 27, 1993 |
| Reference number | 93000460 |
| Resource type | Building |
| Period of significance | 1840-1915 |
| Architect / builder | Unknown |
| Architectural style | Mid 19th Century/Greek Revival |
| Criteria |
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| Areas of significance | Agriculture, Architecture |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | The house and three minor outbuildings are on three acres owned separately from the cow barn, milk shed and remaining land. Ninety-seven of the original hundred acres are still cultivated or in pasture, meadow or woodlot. The barn still houses part of a neighboring farm's herd. |
| Acreage | 106.2 |
| Coordinates | 42.96498, -74.10571 (NPS GIS) |
What listing means for this property
National Register listing is honorary for a privately owned home: it does not by itself restrict what an owner may do with their own money, and it does not require public access. Restrictions come from local landmark or historic-district ordinances, which are separate (how they differ).
Owner-occupied houses are not eligible for the 20% federal rehabilitation tax credit, which applies to income-producing buildings, but many states offer credits for homeowners. Listing also opens the door to preservation easements and to buying a plaque. Start with what listing means for homeowners, renovating a listed house and selling one.
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Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 93000460.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q7412992
- This listing as JSON
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