Lipe Farm
Why it's listed
Lipe Farm is a 167-acre farmstead on a hilltop about two miles southeast of Newark Valley village. The family has owned the land since 1830, and the present frame house was built around 1872 for George and Chastina Lipe. It was remodeled at the turn of the twentieth century with spindlework porches, a conical-roofed link between entrances and later window changes. The farm also keeps a gambrel-roofed dairy barn built after an 1908 lightning fire, a wagon house, a garage, a tractor shed, a hen house and a field stone wall along the road. A granary converted to a garage and a later silo are noncontributing. Most buildings and structures were in place by 1937. The property was listed for its architecture, as an intact and representative group of farm buildings from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The house has changed little since about 1900, and most outbuildings look much as they did when built.
Significance in brief: The farm is significant under Criterion C as an intact, representative example of farm construction in Newark Valley. It retains buildings from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries that keep their period character in form, materials and detailing. It is tied to the local context of agricultural development and rural Newark Valley, 1865-1946.
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 98000160, listed March 16, 1998. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence high).
Key facts
| Address | 3462 Sherry Lipe Rd., Newark Valley |
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| County | Tioga County |
| Listed | March 16, 1998 |
| Reference number | 98000160 |
| Resource type | Building |
| Period of significance | ca. 1872-1920 |
| Architectural style | Late Victorian |
| Criteria |
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| Areas of significance | Architecture |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Still used as a single dwelling and for farm buildings. The family no longer farms the land, which another farmer uses. Part of the land is leased for a cable company tower. |
| Acreage | 167 |
| Coordinates | 42.19672, -76.16376 (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.
General information, not legal or tax advice. Rules change; confirm with your State Historic Preservation Office or a qualified adviser.
Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 98000160.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q6556282
- This listing as JSON
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