McMahan Homestead, also known as Landmark Acres, is a historic home located in Westfield in

Chautauqua County, New York Chautauqua County is the westernmost County (United States), county in the U.S. state of New York (state), New York. As of the United States Census 2020, 2020 census, the population was 127,657. Its county seat is Mayville, New York, Mayville, an ...

. It is a two-story, five bay wood frame dwelling built in about 1820. The home features a semicircular

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with a denticulated cornice and corinthian columns that was added in the 20th century. On this property is a barn dating from the early 1800s. The home was constructed by Chautauqua County's first settler, Col. James McMahan, who came to Westfield in 1802 from Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. The property is the oldest settled property in Chautauqua county with an original deed from the Holland Land Company for a large portion of Chautauqua County and has the oldest landmark in the county. Chautauqua County celebrated its 100th anniversary, 1902, on the front lawn of the McMahan homestead. In 2002 Chautauqua county celebrated its 200th anniversary also on the property. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

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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 1820 Houses in Chautauqua County, New York U.S. Route 20 National Register of Historic Places in Chautauqua County, New York {{ChautauquaCountyNY-NRHP-stub