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Dr. John Quincy Howe House

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The Dr. John Quincy Howe House is a historic house in Phelps, New York, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is thought to be the only house in New York State with a two story privy and the only house in the United States with a two story brick privy. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Building Type
House 1
LocationSourced to the subject's own account
New York, United States 2
Completed Year
1869 1
Classification
Standing Status
Standing 1
Building Type
Building Type (category)
House 1
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House, Concepts

Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.

In Style

Second Empire Architecture, Styles and Movements
Source Dr. John Quincy Howe House (Wikipedia)

Uses Element

Brick, Architectural Materials
Source Dr. John Quincy Howe House (Wikipedia)
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1. Dr. John Quincy Howe House (Wikipedia)
  • infobox field: built=1869
  • Entity description and the lead/infobox of the Wikipedia article
    The Dr. John Quincy Howe House is a historic house in Phelps, New York, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is thought to be the only house in New York State with a two story privy and the only house in the United States with a two story brick privy.
  • Wikipedia infobox building_type field (House)
    The Dr. John Quincy Howe House is a notable house located in Phelps, New York. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the house is thought to be the only house in the state of New York with a two-story privy and the only house in the United States with a two-story brick privy. The house is owned by the Phelps Community Historical Society and is operated as a museum.
  • In Style: Second Empire Architecture, Infobox, architecture
    architecture: Second Empire
  • Uses Element: Brick, Wikipedia article
    It was built in 1869 by Moses Barlow on the site of a former tavern, and is a -story, Second Empire style brick dwelling with a slate mansard roof.
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2. Dr. John Quincy Howe House (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement (EntityId 412165): New York, United States
Quote, Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement (EntityId 412165): New York, United States
Wikidata item Q5304204, property P131/P17 (location): New York, United States
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Wikidata: Dr. John Quincy Howe House
Wikidata Q5304204, class allow-list match (w-bbfill-artsarchag-0926 resolve_missing)View the Source
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