John Smith Farm
Slate Creek Farm John Smith Patentee | |
Location | 1059 NY 80, near Hallsville, New York |
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Coordinates | 42°56′08″N 74°42′17″W / 42.93556°N 74.70472°W |
Area | 199 acres (81 ha) |
Built | c. 1834 | , c. 1865
Architectural style | Greek Revival, Italian Villa |
NRHP reference No. | 11001061[1] |
Added to NRHP | January 31, 2012 |
Slate Creek Farm, is a National Landmark and consists of a 199 acre U.S.D.A. Certified Organic Farmstead including the original Manor House and related farm outbuildings all of which are listed on both the New York State and the National Register of Historic Places.
It is located in the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor in Hallsville, Montgomery County, New York. It includes the Farm's original Manor House, a large Dairy Bank Barn (c. 1834), a carriage house and granary (c. 1834), a Victorian chicken house, several corn cribs, a hog pen, a scale house with the adjoining Farm Manager's home.
The Manor House was built in about 1834, and consists of a two-story, Italianate style brick main block, with a two-story rear service wing added in or about 1865.[2]
John Smith the original patentee developed his farmstead in the heart of the Mohawk Valley on Otsquago Creek in 1834. It stands today as an example of a prosperous farm in the 19th century.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 1/30/12 through 2/03/12. National Park Service. February 10, 2012.
- ^ "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on April 4, 2019. Retrieved February 1, 2016. Note: This includes Travis Bowman (August 2011). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: John Smith Farm" (PDF). Retrieved February 1, 2016. and Accompanying photographs
- Farms on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state)
- Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state)
- Greek Revival architecture in New York (state)
- Italianate architecture in New York (state)
- Houses completed in 1834
- Buildings and structures in Montgomery County, New York
- National Register of Historic Places in Montgomery County, New York
- Central New York Registered Historic Place stubs