{"nrhp_refnum":"01001562","name":"Pulaski Library","other_names":["Hudson Branch Library"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1151 Hudson Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Rochester","county":"Monroe County","state":"NY","lat":43.18662691700007,"lon":-77.59984494899999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2002-02-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story Italian Renaissance style branch library at 1151 Hudson Avenue, at the corner of Norton Street, in northeast Rochester, Monroe County, New York. Built 1931-1933 to designs by Bohacket & Brew, it was originally the Hudson Avenue Branch Library.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the library is significant for its link to the growth and importance of Rochester's North Side Polish community, which supported its construction and later secured its name. It is also significant as an intact example of Italian Renaissance design applied to a neighborhood civic building.","narrative":"Pulaski Library is a one-story branch library at Hudson Avenue and Norton Street in northeast Rochester, built in 1931-1933 for $75,000 plus $23,620 for the site. Architects Herbert Bohacket and Lewis Brew gave it an Italian Renaissance character, with a red barrel-tile hipped roof, an inset corner portico with Doric columns, pilastered window bays, and Indiana limestone over concrete block. Inside, oak paneling, Art Deco hardware and a children's wing with a fireplace and a hidden stair to a basement story-hour room survive. It was the city's second permanent library and served a Polish-American neighborhood of about 9,000 people. In 1931, 46 Polish organizations and churches asked that it be named for General Casimir Pulaski. The request was refused at the time, but a bronze plaque by Alphonse Kolb was installed in 1933 with a time capsule. The library was officially renamed for Pulaski in 1981 and has long been a source of local pride.","period_of_significance":"1931-1933","architect_builder":"Bohacket & Brew","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals/Italian Renaissance","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Current function is listed as vacant/not in use; the interior has had its furniture removed.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:52.800181-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/01001562.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01001562/4b6ebdc73b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01001562/4b6ebdc73b-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Jerrye &amp; Roy Klotz, MD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PULASKI_LIBRARY,_ROCHESTER,_MONROE_COUNTY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jerrye &amp;amp; Roy Klotz, MD</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PULASKI_LIBRARY,_ROCHESTER,_MONROE_COUNTY.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75318910","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulaski_Library","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7259206"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/monroe-county/pulaski-library-01001562/"}