{"nrhp_refnum":"10000029","name":"Stanley, Edward W., Recreation Center","other_names":["Clinton Arena"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"36 Kirkland Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Clinton","county":"Oneida County","state":"NY","lat":43.05560721900008,"lon":-75.37635852199998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2010-02-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Entertainment/Recreation"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story concrete block ice arena at 36 Kirkland Avenue in the village of Clinton, Oneida County, New York, built in 1953 on the foundations of an earlier 1948 arena. It has a flat-roofed entrance block and a rink block with an arched aluminum roof.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the arena is locally significant for its role in twentieth-century social and recreational life in Clinton, which is known as a hockey town. It hosted hockey, figure skating and community events, and was rebuilt quickly after a fire with donated labor, money and materials. Its function is compared to a town hall or community center.","narrative":"Clinton's ice arena at 36 Kirkland Avenue is a two-story concrete block building with an arched aluminum roof carried on Douglas fir trusswork modeled on a Pennsylvania truss. An entrance block holds the ticket area, locker rooms, offices and a second-floor display space, while the rink block seats 2,200. It was built in 1953 on the foundations of a 1948 arena that burned. Volunteers helped clear the site, residents voted 387 to 0 to rebuild, and the new arena opened 62 days after construction was authorized. Frank P. Cartwright drew the engineering plans and H.R. Beebe Company was the contractor. The arena is considered locally significant because it became the center of Clinton's identity as a hockey town. It has hosted youth and high school hockey, the Clinton Comets, figure skating shows and concerts, and it functions much like a community center. It remains in use as a sports facility today.","period_of_significance":"1954","architect_builder":"H.R. Beebe Company (contractor); Frank P. Cartwright (engineer)","architectural_style":null,"criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Still used as a sports facility and community venue; the form lists both historic and current function as sports facility.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:48.513949-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/10000029.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000029/ef9abf24de-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000029/ef9abf24de-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Dron31 at English Wikipedia","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Clinton_Arena.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Dron31 at English Wikipedia</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Clinton_Arena.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75320253","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinton_Arena","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5134061"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/oneida-county/stanley-edward-w-recreation-center-10000029/"}