{"nrhp_refnum":"100008374","name":"Three Squares Historic District (Boundary Increase and Decrease)","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Broad, Maple, Pine, and Glen (US 9) Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Glens Falls","county":"Warren County","state":"NY","lat":null,"lon":null,"geom_source":null},"listed_date":"2022-11-15","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 23-acre commercial and civic historic district in the center of Glens Falls, Warren County, New York, on a plateau above the Hudson River falls. It holds ninety-three buildings, most built between 1902 and 1930.","why_significant":"The district is both the historic and the present commercial center of Glens Falls. Its brick commercial, office and institutional buildings, rebuilt after fires in 1864 and 1902, show late nineteenth and early twentieth century 'American Renaissance' styles. Seventy-seven of the ninety-three structures contribute, and the district keeps considerable integrity of design and materials.","narrative":"Three Squares is the downtown commercial and civic core of Glens Falls, New York, covering 23 acres on a plateau above the Hudson River falls. Ninety-three buildings stand within it, mostly two to five story brick structures. Fires in 1864 and 1902 destroyed much of the earlier business district, so most buildings date from 1902 to 1930. The district takes its name from three focal points: Fountain Square, Union Square and Monument Square. City Park lies near its center. Glen Street carries the most ornate buildings, with terra-cotta detail, corbels, cornices and limestone veneer. Examples include the Italianate Cowles block, the Neoclassical Rogers Building, the Beaux-Arts Empire Theatre and the Neoclassical City Hall of 1900. Seventy-seven buildings contribute to the district's character. Sixteen others, mostly mid-twentieth century or heavily altered, do not. Urban renewal demolition in the 1960s cleared land that is left out of the boundaries. Storefronts above the first floor are largely intact, and the district retains strong integrity.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Various, including Ephraim B. Potter, Marcus D. Reynolds, Fuller and Pitcher, S. Gifford Slocum, J.B. McElphattrick, Mobray and Offinger, and Charles Platt (Crandall Library)","architectural_style":"American Renaissance movement styles: Italianate, Romanesque, Queen Anne, Beaux-Arts, Neoclassical and Colonial Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Remains the present commercial center of Glens Falls; urban renewal demolition in the 1960s cleared land near Glen and Warren Streets, which is excluded from the district.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:48.2779-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/84003420.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75315405","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/warren-county/three-squares-historic-district-boundary-increase-and-decrease-100008374/"}