The Xavier Chevalier House is a historic house located on Gosier Road in

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Description and history

The

limestone Limestone ( calcium carbonate ) is a type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime. It is composed mostly of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of . Limestone forms wh ...

farmhouse was built in 1852 by Xavier Chevalier, and consists of three sections: a front, gabled, three-bay wide -story main block; a gabled, one-story side wing; and a small cinder block

lean-to A lean-to is a type of simple structure originally added to an existing building with the rafters "leaning" against another wall. Free-standing lean-to structures are generally used as shelters. One traditional type of lean-to is known by its Finn ...

. Also on the property is a mid-19th-century

saltbox A saltbox house is a gable-roofed residential structure that is typically two stories in the front and one in the rear. It is a traditional New England style of home, originally timber framed, which takes its name from its resemblance to a woode ...

barn and a mid-19th-century limestone

smokehouse A smokehouse (North American) or smokery (British) is a building where meat or fish is cured with smoke. The finished product might be stored in the building, sometimes for a year or more.

. It was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artist ...

on September 27, 1985.

References

Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Houses completed in 1852 Houses in Jefferson County, New York National Register of Historic Places in Jefferson County, New York 1852 establishments in New York (state) {{JeffersonCountyNY-NRHP-stub