Blood, Jackson, Cobblestone House
Why it's listed
Built in 1846 for Jackson and Mary Phelps Blood, this cobblestone house on South Main Street in Lyndonville is a large Greek Revival residence in northwestern Orleans County. Its walls use small and medium-sized lake-washed cobblestones laid in horizontal rows with V-profile lime mortar beads, with cut limestone quoins, sills and lintels. A semi-elliptical stone arch in the front gable is an unusual feature. Local tradition holds that the Blood family gathered the cobbles from the Lake Ontario shore. Jackson Blood, born in 1795, came to Yates in 1815, served as an early school commissioner and owned large tracts of land near the village. Evidence in the attic shows that three of four original corner chimneys were decorative, and that the builder used heating stoves rather than fireplaces. The house was split into rental units by the mid-twentieth century and restored to a single residence in the 1950s. It is valued for its masonry craftsmanship and its integrity.
Significance in brief: It is a largely intact, finely crafted example of a large high-style cobblestone residence and of late-period cobblestone construction in New York State. It is also a distinguished example of vernacular late Greek Revival architecture in Lyndonville. It is one of five cobblestone buildings in the Town of Yates and one of 90 in Orleans County.
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 05000635, listed June 30, 2005. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence high).
Key facts
| Address | 142 S. Main St., Lyndonville |
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| County | Orleans County |
| Listed | June 30, 2005 |
| Reference number | 05000635 |
| Resource type | Building |
| Period of significance | 1846 - ca 1955 |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival |
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| Areas of significance | Architecture |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Still used as a single-family dwelling; it was divided into three rental units by the mid-twentieth century and returned to a single residence in the 1950s. |
| Acreage | 0.8 |
| Coordinates | 43.31687, -78.38879 (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 05000635.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q6116960
- This listing as JSON
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