Job and Deborah Otis House, also known as East Otis Farm, is a historic home located at

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. It is a

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-style dwelling built in 1796. It consists of a 2-story, three-bay, side-hall main block with a -story side ell. Also on the property is a mid- to late-19th-century carriage house, now converted into a two car garage. During the 1840s the dwelling was home to Job and Deborah Otis, who were Orthodox Quakers and leaders of the Otisites. Includes six photos. Their granddaughter was the painter

Amy Otis Mary Amy Otis (1863–1950) was an American miniaturist. Otis was a native of Sherwood, New York, and was born to a family of Quakers. Her parents had migrated to the area at different times from Massachusetts, and had seven other children, six su ...

. It was listed on the

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in 2008.

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* Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Federal architecture in New York (state) Houses completed in 1815 Houses in Cayuga County, New York 1815 establishments in New York (state) National Register of Historic Places in Cayuga County, New York {{CayugaCountyNY-NRHP-stub