{"nrhp_refnum":"01000552","name":"St. Ann's Federation Building","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"38 Broadway","address_restricted":false,"city":"Hornell","county":"Steuben County","state":"NY","lat":42.325868899000056,"lon":-77.66030636999994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2001-05-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A four-story, steel-frame Neoclassical brick building at 38 Broadway in Hornell, Steuben County, New York, built between 1910 and 1912 to a design by architect Otis Dockstader, with John Keenan as contractor.","why_significant":"The building is argued to be a distinctive example of early twentieth century Neoclassical design and one of the first fireproof steel-frame buildings in Hornell (Criterion C). It also reflects Hornell's growth as an Erie Railroad hub and the expansion of St. Ann's parish (Criterion A).","narrative":"Rising four stories above Broadway in Hornell, New York, this brick building was erected between 1910 and 1912 for St. Ann's Catholic parish. Architect Otis Dockstader designed it in the Neoclassical style, with a steel frame, red and yellow brick, cut granite details, Doric and Corinthian order elements and a pressed metal cornice. Inside, a two-story auditorium and dance hall with a curved oak-trimmed balcony sits above ground-floor shops, with offices on the upper floors. It was dedicated in February 1912 before nearly eighteen hundred people and became a center for plays, meetings and school events. The building appears to have been the first in Hornell to use fireproof construction combining reinforced concrete with steel framing. It also reflects the city's early twentieth century growth, driven by the Erie Railroad and a growing immigrant parish. The upper floors are now vacant, and restoration work has begun on the cornice.","period_of_significance":"1910-1949","architect_builder":"Dockstader, Otis; architect; Keenan, John; contractor","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Classical Revival (Neoclassical)","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The upper stories have been vacant for some time, and efforts to restore the building continue. One-third of the cornice has been restored, and the ground floor has commercial use.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:50.052361-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/01000552.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75322011","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Ann%27s_Federation_Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7586968"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/steuben-county/st-anns-federation-building-01000552/"}