J. Ball House

{{short description|Historic house in New York, United States}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}

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| name = J. Ball House

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| location = East Side of NY 38,
Berkshire, New York

| coordinates = {{coord|42|17|53|N|76|11|10|W|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = New York#USA

| area = less than one acre

| built = 1850

| architecture = Greek Revival

| added = July 2, 1984

| refnum = 84003072{{NRISref|2009a}}

| mpsub = {{NRHP url|id=64000535|title=Berkshire MRA}}

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The J. Ball House is a historic house located at Berkshire in Tioga County, New York.

Description and history

It is a vernacular Greek Revival style frame house built in about 1850. It consists of a two-story, three-bay wide, gable roofed main section with a one-story, two bay side ell. The siding of the house is clapboard. Also on the property is a large gambrel roofed dairy barn.{{cite web| url = https://cris.parks.ny.gov/| archive-url = https://archive.today/20150701003048/http://cris.parks.ny.gov/| url-status = dead| archive-date = July 1, 2015| title = Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)| publisher = New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation| format = Searchable database| accessdate = 2016-09-01}} Note: This includes {{cite web | url = https://cris.parks.ny.gov/Uploads/ViewDoc.aspx?mode=A&id=31798&q=false | title = National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: J. Ball House | accessdate = 2016-09-01 | author = Mark Reinberger | format = PDF | date = August 1980 }}

Additions of a 20th-century front and rear porches have been made as well as a modern chimney. Foundation has been rebuilt.

The house was owned in 1855 by J. Ball, son of Isaac Ball, who is believed to have settled at this site in 1808. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 2, 1984.

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