{"nrhp_refnum":"08000035","name":"Bennett, Abel, Tract Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Bounded by Riverside Dr., Seminary & St. John Aves., & Beethoven St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Binghamton","county":"Broome County","state":"NY","lat":42.09707652900005,"lon":-75.93102502252029,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2008-02-19","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A residential streetcar suburb on Binghamton's west side in Broome County, New York, developed between about 1882 and 1957 on the former Abel Bennett farm. It covers 23 city blocks, about 665 lots and the 22-acre George F. Johnson Recreation Park.","why_significant":"The form describes the district as a highly intact streetcar subdivision that keeps its spatial organization, street pattern, density, scale, setbacks and landscape features. Its growth was accelerated by the 1887 extension of the streetcar line along Leroy Street, and it holds a varied range of Victorian, Colonial Revival, Craftsman and later housing. It also reflects the work of Binghamton's architectural community.","narrative":"On Binghamton's west side, about a mile from the confluence of the Chenango and Susquehanna Rivers, a neighborhood of 23 blocks grew from the farm of Abel Bennett. Bennett and his heirs platted the land in 1887 and 1909, and the arrival of a streetcar line along Leroy Street in 1887 spurred building. The district holds roughly 1,050 contributing resources, mostly wood-frame houses, along with apartment buildings, carriage houses, garages and the 22-acre George F. Johnson Recreation Park. Early gabled cottages gave way to Queen Anne and Shingle style houses, followed by Colonial Revival, Craftsman, Dutch Colonial Revival and postwar Cape Cod homes, plus a 1952 Modern garden apartment complex. Lots are mostly 50 by 125 feet, with consistent setbacks, sidewalks and grass margins. The area was listed because it remains a highly intact streetcar suburb, keeping its street plan, scale and landscape features from its development between about 1882 and 1957.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Sanford Lacey (architect of the 1893 Lacey-Brandt House); Abel Bennett and Stanley Bennett (platting of the tract)","architectural_style":"Late Victorian, Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals, Late 19th and early 20th Century American Movements","criteria":[],"status_note":"Overall integrity is described as high. Only three lots are vacant because of recent demolitions, and some buildings have been restored or are being restored. The neighborhood and park remain in residential and recreational use.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:52.748954-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/08000035.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000035/5ece6e8f33-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000035/5ece6e8f33-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Tkeator","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Abel_Bennett_Tract.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Tkeator</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:Abel_Bennett_Tract.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75316539","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abel_Bennett_Tract_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4666537"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/broome-county/bennett-abel-tract-historic-district-08000035/"}