{"nrhp_refnum":"03000093","name":"Black River Canal Warehouse","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"502 Water St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Boonville","county":"Oneida County","state":"NY","lat":43.48107037500006,"lon":-75.32733131499998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2003-03-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 1 1/2-story timber-framed canal warehouse built in 1850 at 502 Water Street in Boonville, Oneida County, New York, beside the former right-of-way of the Black River Canal.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the warehouse is a substantially intact, representative example of vernacular canal-related architecture, significant under Criteria A and C. It is described as one of the last surviving canal warehouses in Boonville and reflects the village's economic importance during the canal era (1850-1924).","narrative":"Built in 1850 on Water Street in Boonville, this small wood-frame warehouse is a rare survivor of the canal era. It measures 28 by 40 feet, rises one and a half stories and has gable ends with loading doors and second-story hoisting bays. The structure uses sawed and hewn timbers joined with mortise-and-tenon joints, much like barn framing, and the interior remains plain, with exposed framing, plank floors, an open stair to the loft and the remains of a wood hoisting winch. Exterior sheathing is a mix of board-and-batten and metal siding. The warehouse was built when the Black River Canal reached Boonville, which became a shipping hub for lumber, bulk goods and manufactured products. After the canal was abandoned in 1924, most of the village's warehouses were lost, demolished, burned or moved. This one remains as a representative example of its type. The village owns it and intends to restore it as an interpretive center within a canal trail park.","period_of_significance":"1850-1924","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"NO STYLE","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Listed as vacant/not in use; owned by the village of Boonville, which plans to restore it and convert it to an interpretive center in a canal trail park.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:53.367018-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/03000093.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03000093/a5b268f6e0-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03000093/a5b268f6e0-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Agreen54","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Black_River_Canal_Warehouse.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Agreen54</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:Black_River_Canal_Warehouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75320167","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_River_Canal_Warehouse","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4921643"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/oneida-county/black-river-canal-warehouse-03000093/"}