McMahan Homestead

McMahan Homestead
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location:	232 W. Main Rd., Westfield, New York
Coordinates:	42°18′42″N 79°35′27″W / 42.31167°N 79.59083°W / 42.31167; -79.59083Coordinates: 42°18′42″N 79°35′27″W / 42.31167°N 79.59083°W / 42.31167; -79.59083
Built:	1820
Architect:	McMahan, James
Architectural style:	Federal
Governing body:	Private
MPS:	Westfield Village MRA
NRHP Reference#:	83001653[1]
Added to NRHP:	September 26, 1983

McMahan Homestead, also known as Landmark Acres, is a historic home located at Westfield in Chautauqua County, New York. It is a two story, five bay wood frame dwelling built in about 1820. The home features a semicircular portico with a denticulated cornice and corinthian columns that was added in the 20th century. Also on the property is a barn dating from the early 1880s. The home was constructed by Chautauqua County's first settler, Col. James McMahan, who came to Westfield in 1802 from Northumberland County, Pennsylvania.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
2. ^ Mari Runfola (June 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: McMahan Homestead". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=1015. Retrieved 2009-06-14.