The James Buckley House is a historic house located on Joseph Street in Cape Vincent,

Jefferson County, New York Jefferson County is a county on the northern border of the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 116,721. Its county seat is Watertown. The county is named after Thomas Jefferson, third President of the United Stat ...

Description and history

It is a -story frame structure built in about 1845 in the Gothic Cottage style. The central section is flanked by one-story wings with

parapet A parapet is a barrier that is an extension of the wall at the edge of a roof, terrace, balcony, walkway or other structure. The word comes ultimately from the Italian ''parapetto'' (''parare'' 'to cover/defend' and ''petto'' 'chest/breast'). Whe ...

s hiding the shed roof. 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 artistic v ...

on September 27, 1985.

References

Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Gothic Revival architecture in New York (state) Houses completed in 1845 Houses in Jefferson County, New York National Register of Historic Places in Jefferson County, New York {{JeffersonCountyNY-NRHP-stub