Built 1800 NRHP Reference # 66000505 Opened 1800 | Designated NHL July 19, 1964 Added to NRHP 15 October 1966 | |
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Similar Barclays Center, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Hotel Pennsylvania, Madison Square Garden, New York Botanical Garden | ||
Jethro Wood House was the home of Jethro Wood, inventor of a cast-iron plow with replaceable parts, that was the first commercially successful iron plow. He received a patent for this in 1814 which was extended in 1819. He spent his earnings fighting patent infringements.
The house was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1964.
The house is located on Poplar Ridge Road in Poplar Ridge in Cayuga County, New York.
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