{"nrhp_refnum":"12000013","name":"Little Falls Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by W. Monroe, W. Gansevoort, Prospect, Garden, E. Main, N. William, & Looms St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Little Falls","county":"Herkimer County","state":"NY","lat":13.880716257500069,"lon":-75.9499471110231,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2012-02-08","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Commerce","Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic district of about twenty blocks in the heart of the City of Little Falls, Herkimer County, New York, north of the Erie Canal and Mohawk River. It holds 347 contributing and 39 noncontributing buildings, built between the early 19th and early 20th centuries.","why_significant":"The district preserves the intact commercial and residential core of Little Falls as it grew after the Erie Canal opened in 1825 and the Ellice Proprietorship ended in 1831. Its houses, shops and civic buildings were largely tied to the industrialists and entrepreneurs who depended on the Mohawk River and its transportation systems. The form states that it keeps a high level of architectural integrity and shows a wide range of 19th-century styles.","narrative":"Little Falls Historic District covers roughly twenty blocks at the center of the city of Little Falls, in the Mohawk River Valley. It includes 386 buildings, mostly private homes along with commercial and civic structures, built from the early 1800s to the early 1900s. Main Street holds a continuous row of mostly three-story brick Italianate shops, while residential streets to the north surround two public parks, West Park (given to residents in 1832) and East Park (donated in the mid-1830s). The surrounding houses show Federal, Greek Revival, Italianate, Second Empire, Queen Anne, Colonial Revival and Craftsman designs. Civic landmarks include the public library, housed in a Second Empire residence, and the Tudor Revival former Masonic Temple of 1914. The district's growth followed the Erie Canal's opening in 1825 and the end of the Ellice Proprietorship in 1831. Many homes belonged to industrialists whose businesses relied on the river and transportation routes. Its boundaries follow the area where historic character remains intact.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"William Neil Smith of New York City (former Masonic Temple, 1914)","architectural_style":"Federal, Greek Revival, Italianate, Tuscan Villa, Second Empire, Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, Classical Revival, Tudor Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman","criteria":[],"status_note":"Mixed continuing use: residences, shops, restaurants, a library, schools, churches and parks remain in their historic functions.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:48.446169-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/12000013.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/12000013/bf220ebf96-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/12000013/bf220ebf96-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Mary%27s_Catholic_Church_Little_Falls_NY_Jun_09.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Mary%27s_Catholic_Church_Little_Falls_NY_Jun_09.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75318160","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Falls_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6649975"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/herkimer-county/little-falls-historic-district-12000013/"}