{"nrhp_refnum":"09001083","name":"Chittenango Pottery","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"11-13 Pottery St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Chittenango","county":"Madison County","state":"NY","lat":43.06113500300006,"lon":-75.86785268899996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2009-12-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A former pottery factory at 11-13 Pottery Street, Chittenango Landing, in the Town of Sullivan near Chittenango, Madison County, New York. It consists of two brick buildings built in 1898-99 beside the Erie Canal.","why_significant":"The pottery is significant under Criterion A for its link to industrial development along the Erie Canal near Chittenango Landing. The canal brought in clay and coal and carried finished china to markets in the United States and abroad. The two buildings are the only surviving structures from the area's once busy canal-side industrial and service corridor. Its architecture is also listed as an area of significance.","narrative":"Two large brick buildings beside the Erie Canal at Chittenango Landing, New York, are what remain of the Chittenango Pottery. Built in 1898-99 after two fires destroyed earlier wood buildings, they were once joined by a section holding bottle kilns, since demolished. The south building was used for decorating, glazing and packing china, while the north Sagger Building housed raw materials and the making of saggers, the clay boxes that protected ware during firing. Clay from Ohio and coal arrived by canal, and finished goods shipped to markets across the United States and abroad. English potters guided early production of bone china, and the firm made commemorative pieces for the 1901 Pan American Exposition. Ownership and products changed repeatedly, including a period as a chicken farm, a burial vault plant and an auto body shop. Because the buildings are the last surviving structures of the canal's industrial corridor in the area, they were recognized for their industrial importance. The complex has been empty since 1997.","period_of_significance":"1898-1923","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Other: no style","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"The complex has been vacant since 1997, after use as a burial vault factory and an auto body shop.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:48.37744-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/09001083.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/09001083/417c4310d4-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/09001083/417c4310d4-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"LoganTheHammer","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ChittenangoPottery1.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">LoganTheHammer</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:ChittenangoPottery1.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75318706","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chittenango_Pottery","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5102448"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/madison-county/chittenango-pottery-09001083/"}