{"nrhp_refnum":"03000241","name":"Emerson Place","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"20-30 Emerson Place","address_restricted":false,"city":"Watertown","county":"Jefferson County","state":"NY","lat":43.973347526000055,"lon":-75.89934262899999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2003-04-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, flat-roofed, brick Colonial Revival townhouse complex of eleven units at 20-30 Emerson Place in Watertown, Jefferson County, New York, built in 1904. It was commissioned by Carson C. Peck; the architect and builder are unknown.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is a highly intact, distinguished example of a turn-of-the-century Colonial Revival linear multi-unit residential building. A high-style building of this type was unusual for a fairly remote city like Watertown, and it was unusual as a freestanding structure in a park-like setting. Its integrity is high, with changes limited to removal of the front porches and minor interior updates.","narrative":"Emerson Place is an eleven-unit brick townhouse complex at 20-30 Emerson Place in Watertown, New York, completed in 1904. Its long south facade has three projecting bay windows, a heavy dentiled cornice and a balustrade-like parapet, all in the Colonial Revival style. The building was set in a park-like landscaped lawn, with rusticated concrete gate piers marking the entrance drive. Carson C. Peck, a Vice President of the F. W. Woolworth Company, bought the land in 1902 and had the complex built. Watertown was in an industrial boom at the time, and a high-style multi-unit residence in a freestanding setting was unusual there. The units keep turn-of-the-century wooden trim, stairways and hardwood floors. The main changes are the loss of the entrance porches and the division of one unit into three. The building has deteriorated, with fire damage and unheated, empty units. It was listed for its architectural significance and integrity.","period_of_significance":"1904","architect_builder":"unknown","architectural_style":"Late 19th & 20th Century Revival: Colonial Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Described as in need of repair and suffering from neglect. The eastern-most unit has fire damage, several units are empty and unheated, and a few units were still occupied until recently.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:53.07805-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/03000241.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03000241/81f68c3dee-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03000241/81f68c3dee-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Alan P. Goldstein","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Emerson_Place_140804-001.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Alan P. Goldstein</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:Emerson_Place_140804-001.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75318228","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emerson_Place","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5370917"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/jefferson-county/emerson-place-03000241/"}