Bristol House is a historic home located at Lima

Lima (village), New York

Lima is a village in Livingston County, New York, USA. The population was 2,459 at the 2000 census.The Village of Lima is in the Town of Lima and is nineteen miles south of the city of Rochester, NY.- History :...

 in Livingston County, New York

Livingston County, New York

As of the census of 2000, there were 64,328 people, 22,150 households, and 15,349 families residing in the county. The population density was 102 people per square mile . There were 24,023 housing units at an average density of 38 per square mile...

. It was built between 1870 and 1875 and is a two story, three bay wide by two bay deep, Italianate

Italianate architecture

The Italianate style of architecture was a distinct 19th-century phase in the history of Classical architecture. In the Italianate style, the models and architectural vocabulary of 16th-century Italian Renaissance architecture, which had served as inspiration for both Palladianism and...

 style frame dwelling. The front facade is dominated by the elaborate canopy

Canopy (building)

A canopy is an overhead roof or else a structure over which a fabric or metal covering is attached, able to provide shade or shelter. A canopy can also be a tent, generally without a floor....

 above the slightly recessed, paneled wooden doors of the side hall entrance.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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in 1989.