Miller–Horton–Barben Farm is a historic home and farm and national

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located at Mendon in

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. The farm was established about 1808, and is one of the oldest in town. It includes a

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style homestead built between about 1822 and 1825, a Greek Revival barn (c. 1850), a gambrel roofed barn (c. 1920), an

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(c. 1825), and a brick

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(c. 1850). The house is seven bays wide and has a three-story recessed entrance and setback second story. It is of post and beam construction and sheathed in clapboard. Also on the property is the Miller-Barben Cemetery, with burials dating between 1811 and 1858. ''Note:'' This includes an
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in 2015.

References

Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Farms on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Greek Revival architecture in New York (state) Houses completed in 1825 1808 establishments in New York (state) Historic districts in Monroe County, New York National Register of Historic Places in Monroe County, New York {{MonroeCountyNY-NRHP-stub