{"nrhp_refnum":"03000969","name":"Seneca Park East and West","other_names":["Seneca Park and Maplewood Park"],"category":"site","location":{"address":"Saint Paul Blvd., Maplewood Dr, Lake Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Rochester","county":"Monroe County","state":"NY","lat":43.20006277400006,"lon":-77.62256982355684,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2003-09-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Entertainment/Recreation","Landscape Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Seneca Park East and West is a nearly 300-acre urban public park along both sides of the Genesee River gorge in northern Rochester, Monroe County, New York, also known as Seneca Park and Maplewood Park. It includes three parkways: Carthage Drive, Seneca Parkway and Maplewood Drive.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the park as an excellent example of Frederick Law Olmsted's picturesque landscape style. It was the second of two Olmsted designs in Rochester in the 1890s, meant to reserve parts of the Genesee River and its banks for public access and recreation. It is also part of Rochester's early twentieth-century municipal park system.","narrative":"Seneca Park is a public park of nearly 300 acres in the northern part of Rochester, New York, spread across both banks of the Genesee River gorge. The east side is commonly called Seneca Park and the west side Maplewood Park; they are treated together under their historic names. The park is roughly S-shaped, nearly three miles long on the east side, and widens in a few places into open tableland. Three parkways, Carthage Drive, Seneca Parkway and Maplewood Drive, lead into it. Its layout follows the gorge's river edge, steep banks and uplands, where winding drives, paths, plantings and a zoo are found. The park is described as an excellent example of Frederick Law Olmsted's picturesque landscape style. It was the second of two Olmsted designs in Rochester in the 1890s, after Genesee Valley Park, and it set aside parts of the river and its banks for permanent public access and recreation. It also belongs to Rochester's municipal park system.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Frederick Law Olmsted (landscape design)","architectural_style":"Moderne; Other: Arts & Crafts","criteria":[],"status_note":"Still in use as a public park, with a zoo and contemporary recreation features; some historic elements, such as a 1930s swimming pool, have been replaced by a gravel parking lot.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:53.711368-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/03000969.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03000969/9b32a90b58-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03000969/9b32a90b58-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"DanielPenfield","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MaplewoodParkRochesterFountain.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">DanielPenfield</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MaplewoodParkRochesterFountain.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75313666","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maplewood_Park","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6754115"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/monroe-county/seneca-park-east-and-west-03000969/"}