{"nrhp_refnum":"66000530","name":"Erie Canal","other_names":["Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"6 mi. W of Amsterdam on NY 5S","address_restricted":false,"city":"Fort Hunter","county":"Montgomery County","state":"NY","lat":42.94210003650005,"lon":-74.28021545817727,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1966-10-15","is_nhl":true,"nhl_designated_date":"1960-10-09","areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Historic - Non-Aboriginal","Engineering","Transportation","Exploration/Settlement"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A National Historic Landmark district in the Towns of Florida and Glen, Montgomery County, New York, covering about 3.5 miles of the Erie Canal near Fort Hunter. It includes the original 1820 canal, the 1841 enlarged canal, the Schoharie Aqueduct, six extant locks and several canal-era buildings.","why_significant":"The landmark preserves both the original 1820 Erie Canal and the much larger 1841 enlargement on the same stretch, along with the Schoharie Aqueduct that carried the canal across Schoharie Creek. It also contains locks, culverts and sites of canal-side settlements likely to hold archaeological remains. Together they show how the canal operated and how it was improved over time.","narrative":"This stretch of the Erie Canal near Fort Hunter, New York, runs just over three and a half miles and crosses Schoharie Creek. It holds the original 1820 canal, which was 40 feet wide and four feet deep, and the 1841 enlarged canal, at 70 by seven feet more than three times its size. The two share one course in the east and diverge to the west. The Schoharie Aqueduct carried the canal over the creek. Six surviving locks, including Yankee Hill Lock and the Empire Lock built by James C. Ott in 1838-41, mark the route, along with arched masonry culverts and an iron culvert. Five of 14 major buildings contribute, among them a Greek Revival grocery, taverns converted for canal traffic and two Dutch barns at Wemp's Basin. Six canal settlements sites probably hold archaeological remains. Much of the land is a state historic site, with farmland, woods and private homes alongside.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"James C. Ott (built the Empire Lock, 1838-41)","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition varies: some features are well preserved, others deteriorated, ruined, filled or overgrown. Parts are a state historic site, some buildings are private residences, and some are unused.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:38.690519-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/66000530_NHL.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/66000530/b9dc8c93b1-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/66000530/b9dc8c93b1-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":null,"credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ErieCanalSchoharieCrossing_HAER_cropped.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Unknown author</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ErieCanalSchoharieCrossing_HAER_cropped.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75315803","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schoharie_Crossing_State_Historic_Site","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7432017"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/montgomery-county/erie-canal-66000530/"}