{"nrhp_refnum":"11000600","name":"New Kasson Apartments","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"622 James St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Syracuse","county":"Onondaga County","state":"NY","lat":43.05443648600004,"lon":-76.14418685799996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2011-08-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":[],"significance_levels":[],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A seven-story yellow-brick and stone apartment building at 622 James Street in Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York, built in 1898 to designs by the Syracuse architectural firm Merrick and Randall.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is significant under Criterion A in the social history of Syracuse as an early apartment building housing people outside the single-family or two-family house pattern. It is also significant under Criterion C as an outstanding example of an early apartment house in the Second Renaissance Revival style by Merrick and Randall. It signaled the shift of lower James Street from large single-family homes to multiple-family buildings.","narrative":"Built in 1898 at 622 James Street in Syracuse, this seven-story apartment building was designed by the local firm Merrick and Randall. Its yellow-brick front is dressed with terra-cotta and cast-stone details in the Second Renaissance Revival style, including projecting bays, a Greek key belt course, and a bold modillioned cornice. Inside, each of the original twelve flats held more than 1,500 square feet, with reception rooms, libraries, dining rooms and servant quarters, finished in mahogany, cherry and white oak. A 1922 fire damaged the top floors, and 1940s changes split the flats into smaller units. The building is significant as one of the earliest apartment houses on a street of former single-family mansions, marking a shift toward multiple-family living for the upper middle class near downtown. It is also valued as a well-preserved example of high-style apartment design. The period of significance runs from 1898 to about 1955.","period_of_significance":"1898-c1955","architect_builder":"Merrick & Randall","architectural_style":"Late Victorian: Renaissance: Second Renaissance Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still in use as an apartment building; a 1922 fire damaged the upper stories and 1940s alterations divided the large flats into smaller apartments.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:48.554802-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/11000600.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/11000600/96bba0ef58-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/11000600/96bba0ef58-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Doncram","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NewKassonApartments_2013-07-28_0858.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Doncram</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:NewKassonApartments_2013-07-28_0858.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75320396","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Kasson_Apartments","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14707063"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/onondaga-county/new-kasson-apartments-11000600/"}