{"nrhp_refnum":"01000555","name":"Montcalm Park Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly Montcalm St., W 6th St., W. Schuyler St., and Bronson St., vic. of Montcalm Park","address_restricted":false,"city":"Oswego","county":"Oswego County","state":"NY","lat":43.46033526200006,"lon":-76.51969108371253,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2001-05-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A residential historic district in Oswego, New York, centered on a two-acre triangular park (Montcalm Park, landscaped 1913) and surrounded by about 25 houses built from circa 1840 to circa 1940 along Montcalm, West Sixth, West Schuyler and West Van Buren Streets.","why_significant":"The district illustrates Oswego's residential growth between circa 1840 and circa 1940 during a period of commercial and industrial expansion. The park gives the neighborhood a cohesive identity, and the surrounding houses form a catalogue of local styles including Italianate, Gothic Revival, Queen Anne, Arts and Crafts, American Foursquare and Colonial Revival.","narrative":"Montcalm Park Historic District occupies the west bank of the Oswego River in Oswego, New York. It is organized around a two-acre triangular park, landscaped and dedicated in 1913, with concrete walkways, ornamental trees and an iron fence. A boulder with a bronze plaque marks the approximate site of Fort George, a British earthwork of 1755 destroyed by French forces in 1756. Around the park stand roughly 25 houses dating from about 1840 to about 1940. Early landmarks include the 1847 Myron Pardee House, an Italianate design by New York architect William Ranlett, and the 1848 Luther Wright House, a brick Italianate house by Oswego architect Zina D. Stevens. Later buildings show Gothic Revival, Queen Anne, Arts and Crafts, American Foursquare and Colonial Revival styles. The district was listed because it records Oswego's residential growth during a period of industrial expansion, and because the park and the varied, well-preserved houses, garages, fences and sidewalks form a cohesive pre-World War II neighborhood.","period_of_significance":"circa 1840 - circa 1940","architect_builder":"William Ranlett (architect, New York, NY); Zina D. Stevens (architect, Oswego, NY)","architectural_style":"Mid-nineteenth century Italian Villa; Late 19th and early 20th century revivals, Colonial Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Houses remain in residential use, including some divided into apartments, and the park remains a landscaped public space. The district has 32 contributing and 12 noncontributing resources.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:50.325061-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/01000555.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75320843","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montcalm_Park_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6904552"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/oswego-county/montcalm-park-historic-district-01000555/"}