{"nrhp_refnum":"10000103","name":"Mexico Stone Store, The","other_names":["Little Stone House, The"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"3201 Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Mexico","county":"Oswego County","state":"NY","lat":43.461811571000055,"lon":-76.22568841699996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2010-03-23","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Architecture","Commerce"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small one-story stone building with a gabled roof and a rear frame addition, at 3201 Main Street in the village of Mexico, Oswego County, New York. It was built of stone circa 1830 and is locally known as the Little Stone House.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is significant under Criteria A and C as a rare surviving example of early nineteenth-century vernacular commercial architecture in Oswego County. It is believed to be Mexico's oldest surviving commercial building. It also reflects the village's earliest commercial development, including use as a grocery and a cigar factory.","narrative":"Built of locally quarried stone around 1830, this small one-story building on Main Street in Mexico, New York, is known locally as the Little Stone House. Its gabled front has a centered door flanked by two windows, with cut stone casings and small quoins at the corners. Walls are more than 14 inches thick, and the land slopes away at the west side to expose a raised basement. Surviving twelve-over-twelve windows in the basement point to the original design. The building is considered Mexico's oldest surviving commercial building and an uncommon example of a once-common type of small-town store or office. A grocery is believed to have operated here, and maps from 1885 to 1890 label it a cigar factory. Between 1907 and 1912 a frame addition was built at the rear for living space, likely ending its commercial uses. It remains a residence and was listed for its architecture and its link to the village's early commerce and industry.","period_of_significance":"c.1830-1912","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Mid-19th Century: Greek Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The building remains in residential use today.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:48.604231-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/10000103.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000103/db34c194c1-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000103/db34c194c1-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Jj21760","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:S302781_0.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jj21760</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:S302781_0.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75314337","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mexico_Stone_Store","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7751217"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/oswego-county/mexico-stone-store-the-10000103/"}