NY 30, Kelly's Corners, New York. County/parish: Delaware.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places August 17, 2001. NRIS 01000892.
19 contributing buildings. 2 contributing sites. 4 contributing structures.
The Hubbell Family Farm and Kelly's Corners Cemetery is a farm complex, an integral community cemetery and designated national historic district, situated in the hamlet of Kelly's Corners, within Delaware County, New York.
The Hubbell Family Farm is an example of a continuously operated family farm that adapted over generations. Central to the district, the farm complex encompasses 19 contributing buildings, with a range of vernacular architectural styles and construction techniques prevalent in the region during its period. These typically include the main farmhouse, often reflecting Federal or Greek Revival influences common in the area, along with various essential outbuildings such as barns (dairy, hay, livestock), silos, springhouses, workshops, and sheds. Additionally, four contributing structures include elements like stone walls, unique fencing, wellheads and early farm machinery remnants.
Adjacent to the farm is Kelly's Corners Cemetery. Established in the mid-19th century, the cemetery burial place for many early settlers and families, including members of the Hubbell lineage. Its gravestones, monuments, and layout provide insights into local burial customs, artistic trends in funerary art, and community demographics over time.
It includes the Hubbell family farmhouses (1925 and 1894–1895), poultry house (1890s), chicken house (1920s), woodworking shop (1930s), Keene residence, blacksmith shop (1880s), playhouse (mid-1930s), garage (1900), wagon house, "Cornell approved" business outhouse (c. 1910), privy (ca. 1850s), laundry / wood house (ca. 1900), carriage house (ca. 1860–1870), Milow Hubbell residence (pre 1848), office / machine shop / hardware store (1884–2001), lumber and cement storage and scales (pre-1900), dairy barn (1858) with silo and milk house, root cellar and tool shed, saw mill / cider mill (1850s–1860s), former ice house (now sap house), and powder magazine. The cemetery includes about 150 burials that date back to 1875.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75317233