The Barclay Home (also known as: the Joshua Hartshorne Estate; North Hill; and The Barclay) was accepted into the National Register of Historic Places because the “Property is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history”. [Social History, Architecture]. The justification for inclusion in the National Registry was prepared by two professional architectural historians – Douglas C. McVarish (Principal Architectural Historian) and Barbara Copp Everett (Archtectual Historian) of John Milner Associates, Inc..