{"nrhp_refnum":"12001133","name":"Downtown Ossining Historic District (Boundary Increase)","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Main St., Central & Croton Aves.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Ossining","county":"Westchester County","state":"NY","lat":41.16392521500006,"lon":-73.85874956440753,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2013-01-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Commerce"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A boundary expansion of the Downtown Ossining Historic District in Ossining, Westchester County, New York, adding six buildings (four contributing, two noncontributing) along Croton Avenue, Route 9, Central Avenue and Main Street, built between 1868 and about 1960.","why_significant":"The added buildings are similar in age, theme and character to those in the 1988 district and were built during its 1840-1933 period of significance. They contribute under Criterion C as modest commercial and civic buildings, and under Criterion A for Commerce during Ossining's prosperity in the later nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The expansion also aligns the National Register boundary with the village's local historic district.","narrative":"This boundary expansion brings six more buildings into the Downtown Ossining Historic District, a village center on the east bank of the Hudson River in Westchester County. Four are contributing: a 1928 three-story brick commercial building at 22-24 Croton Avenue, the Italianate Fanning Building of about 1868 on Central Avenue, a c.1880 two-story building on Main Street that serves as a fire station, and the 1872-73 Highland Cottage/Squire House, a cast-concrete Gothic Revival residence with Sing Sing marble gables, already individually listed and now used commercially. Two buildings, a c.1960 fire station and the altered 1903 Fisher Block, are noncontributing but sit within the local district boundary. The additions reflect Ossining's period of prosperity in the later nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and are significant for architecture and commerce. They fall within the district's 1840-1933 period of significance and align the national and local boundaries, covering 25.84 acres.","period_of_significance":"1840 - 1933","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late Victorian/Italianate; Late 19th & 20th Century Revivals/Colonial Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Highland Cottage/Squire House has been converted to commercial use; 117 Main Street currently serves as a fire station for the Steamer Hose Company. Current functions listed are commerce/business.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:48.300723-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/12001133.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/12001133/02e8f4aede-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/12001133/02e8f4aede-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Doug Kerr","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Downtown_Ossining,_NY_(2).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Doug Kerr</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:Downtown_Ossining,_NY_(2).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75323007","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downtown_Ossining_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5303534"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/westchester-county/downtown-ossining-historic-district-boundary-increase-12001133/"}