{"nrhp_refnum":"12000259","name":"Payjack Chevrolet Building","other_names":["Hartway Chevrolet Building"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"320 N. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Medina","county":"Orleans County","state":"NY","lat":43.22453920300006,"lon":-78.38768695399995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2012-05-08","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story concrete block automobile dealership with a Streamline Moderne showroom at 320 North Main Street in the village of Medina, Orleans County, New York, built in 1949 for Frank Payjack and now operated as Hartway Chevrolet.","why_significant":"The building is argued to be significant under Criterion A for its link to Medina's twentieth-century auto sales and service industry, as one of the few remaining businesses from a cluster of dealerships at the north edge of downtown. It is also significant under Criterion C as a highly intact 1940s dealership built following General Motors' post-war design guide, Planning Automobile Dealer Properties.","narrative":"Built in 1949 at 320 North Main Street in Medina, this one-story concrete block building was designed as a Chevrolet dealership and still serves that purpose. Owner Frank Payjack worked with local builder Frank Balcerzak and drew on the General Motors guide Planning Automobile Dealer Properties. The showroom shows Streamline Moderne features: smooth white stucco, a windowless upper facade for signage, and a symmetrical glass-and-aluminum storefront with curved corners. Behind it are an office, parts department, mezzanine storage, a large service area and a vehicle entry bay, with original rolled steel windows. Set back from the street behind a lawn, its modern look contrasted with Medina's older commercial buildings. It was listed for its role in the village's auto-oriented businesses, which clustered at the northern edge of downtown, and as a highly intact example of a postwar dealership built to General Motors' design principles. The period of significance runs from 1949 to 1962.","period_of_significance":"1949-1962","architect_builder":"General Motors Corporation (listed on the form); the text also names Frank Balcerzak as builder, working with owner Frank Payjack, with no architect recalled","architectural_style":"Moderne (Streamline Moderne)","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still in use as a Chevrolet dealership (Hartway Chevrolet) with showroom, parts and service functions; the storefront glass was replaced about ten years earlier to match the original.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:48.399053-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/12000259.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/12000259/0c310801e3-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/12000259/0c310801e3-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Jerrye &amp; Roy Klotz, MD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PAYJACK_CHEVROLET_BUILDING,_MEDINA,_ORLEANS_COUNTY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jerrye &amp;amp; Roy Klotz, MD</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:PAYJACK_CHEVROLET_BUILDING,_MEDINA,_ORLEANS_COUNTY.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"14000860","name":"New York State Barge Canal","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/new-york-state-barge-canal-14000860/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75320815","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Payjack_Chevrolet_Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23091990"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/orleans-county/payjack-chevrolet-building-12000259/"}