Jethro Wood House

Infobox_nrhp | name = Jethro Wood House
nrhp_type = nhl
locmapin = New York

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caption =
location= Poplar Ridge Road, Poplar Ridge, New York
lat_degrees = 42 | lat_minutes = 44 | lat_seconds = 15.21 | lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 76 | long_minutes = 37 | long_seconds = 57.33 | long_direction = W
area =
built =1800
architect= Jethro Wood
architecture=
designated = July 19, 1964cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=361&ResourceType=Building
title=Jethro Wood House|date=2007-09-15|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = October 15, 1966cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = Private
refnum=66000505

Jethro Wood House was home of the Jethro Wood, inventor of a cast-iron plow with replaceable parts, that was the first commercially successful iron plow. He received a patent for this in 1814 which was extended in 1819. He spent his earnings fighting patent infringements.

The house was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1964.,citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/66000505.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Jethro Wood House] |187 KB|author=Richard Greenwood|date=January 15, 1976|publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/66000505.pdf Accompanying 3 photos, exterior, from 1962 and 1975.] |691 KB]

The house is located on Poplar Ridge Road in Poplar Ridge in Cayuga County, New York.

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External links

* [http://www.todayinsci.com/Events/Plow/Plow_CastIron.htm The Cast Iron Plough]