{"nrhp_refnum":"10000363","name":"Ramona Park Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Ramona Park","address_restricted":false,"city":"Rochester","county":"Monroe County","state":"NY","lat":43.19710812000005,"lon":-77.65118131399032,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2010-06-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Community Planning and Development","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 10-acre garden apartment complex on Ramona Park in northwest Rochester, Monroe County, New York, completed in 1948 and designed by C. Storrs Barrows of Carpenter and Barrows.","why_significant":"It is presented as an intact post-World War II veterans' garden apartment complex that reflects the model promoted by the Federal Housing Administration and the Garden City Movement. It was the second of three projects built under the Rochester Plan, a local partnership of home builders and the city to provide low-rent veterans' housing. It is also notable for its Colonial Revival design and site planning.","narrative":"Ramona Park is a 10-acre veterans' housing complex in northwest Rochester, New York, built in 1948. It contains 34 two-story apartment buildings with four units each, 136 apartments in total, along with two groups of garages. The buildings are arranged in L-shaped and U-shaped clusters around a one-way drive, with sidewalks separate from vehicle traffic and about 70 percent of the land left as lawns, walks and play areas. Architect C. Storrs Barrows designed the vernacular Colonial Revival buildings, which are clad in brick, vinyl, or a combination of both. The complex was the second of three projects under the Rochester Plan, in which local home builders formed a non-profit corporation to build low-rent housing for veterans on land provided by the city, financed by an FHA-insured mortgage. It was placed near major employers such as Eastman Kodak. Its layout follows Garden City Movement principles and the federally promoted garden apartment model. A community center added in 2008 is the only non-contributing building.","period_of_significance":"1948","architect_builder":"C. Storrs Barrows","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still in use as multiple dwellings; a non-contributing community center was built in 2008, and the original windows and foundation plantings have been replaced.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:48.307134-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/10000363.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000363/29688db5d0-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000363/29688db5d0-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"DanielPenfield","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RamonaParkUnit40.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">DanielPenfield</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:RamonaParkUnit40.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75313624","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramona_Park_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7289928"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/monroe-county/ramona-park-historic-district-10000363/"}