1882-1886 Sherwood Rd., Sherwood, New York. County/parish: Cayuga.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places May 29, 2008. NRIS 08000468.
Part of Freedom Trail, Abolitionism, and African American Life in Central New York MPS (NRIS 64500450).
2 contributing buildings.Also known as:
Job and Deborah Otis House, also known as East Otis Farm, is a historic home located at Sherwood in Cayuga County, New York. It is a Federal-style dwelling built in 1796. It consists of a 2-story, three-bay, side-hall main block with a 1+1⁄2-story side ell. Also on the property is a mid- to late-19th-century carriage house, now converted into a two car garage. During the 1840s the dwelling was home to Job and Deborah Otis, who were Orthodox Quakers and leaders of the Otisites. Their granddaughter was the painter Amy Otis.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75312206