{"nrhp_refnum":"05000439","name":"Elmwood Park","other_names":[],"category":"site","location":{"address":"Glenwood Ave., South Ave., City Boundary","address_restricted":false,"city":"Syracuse","county":"Onondaga County","state":"NY","lat":43.01707956000007,"lon":-76.1684310824044,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2005-05-19","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Landscape Architecture","Community Planning and Development","Entertainment/Recreation"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Elmwood Park is a city-owned public park in Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York, along Furnace Brook southwest of downtown. The nominated 26.5-acre historic core was a private resort pleasure ground bought by the city in 1927, then improved in the 1930s.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the park is an intact example of a Pleasure Ground Period and Reform Park Era park. Its pleasure ground landscape combines with rustic stonework built by New Deal work relief crews, giving it a unique place in local park history. It is nominated as part of the multiple property group Historic Designed Landscapes of Syracuse, New York.","narrative":"Elmwood Park is a linear public park in Syracuse, New York, running east to west along Furnace Brook in a steep, wooded valley. The listed portion covers 26.5 acres of a larger 67.5-acre park and includes an 1830s stone mill the city bought in 2000. The site began with a mill and iron foundry, then became a series of private resort pleasure grounds between about 1890 and 1920, with later plans and fires ending that use. The city bought the land in 1927. During the Great Depression, Works Progress Administration crews built rustic stone stairs, walls, bridges, edging and weirs that remain largely intact. The park has six distinct spaces: entrance, east glade, recreation area, island space, west glade and upper plateau. It is recognized as an intact park showing Pleasure Ground and Reform Park Era design, with forty-one contributing historic features including the road and path system.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Works Progress Administration work relief crews (rustic stairs, walls, bridges and embankments)","architectural_style":"Pleasure Ground Era Park with New Deal Era features overlay; Other: Rustic","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Used as a public park and outdoor recreation area; the 1830s mill adjacent to the park was bought by the city in 2000 for parkland.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:54.070297-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/05000439.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05000439/466739b32a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05000439/466739b32a-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Lvklock","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ElmwoodPark.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Lvklock</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:ElmwoodPark.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75314079","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmwood_Park_(Syracuse,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5366985"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/onondaga-county/elmwood-park-05000439/"}