{"nrhp_refnum":"72000911","name":"Todd, Hiram Charles, House","other_names":["Marvin-Sackett-Todd House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"4 Franklin Sq.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Saratoga Springs","county":"Saratoga County","state":"NY","lat":43.08246721200004,"lon":-73.78939953799994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1972-05-31","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Greek Revival house at 4 Franklin Square in Saratoga Springs, New York, with a square central block, a T-shaped rear wing and a cupola. It was probably built around 1837 by Thomas Marvin.","why_significant":"The nomination cites the house's place in 19th-century social history, its location on a village square, and its fine Greek Revival design. It is tied to the United States Hotel and the arrival of the railroad in the village. It is described as remarkably unaltered and among the most important examples of Greek Revival domestic architecture.","narrative":"Standing on Franklin Square in central Saratoga Springs, this Greek Revival house was probably built about 1837 by Thomas Marvin, nephew of the original owner of the United States Hotel and later its joint proprietor. The hotel backed onto the square, and the Marvin family sold land there that brought the railroad into the center of town. The house has a square central block, a T-shaped wing, a cupola, a full-height pedimented portico and a wooden frame with brick infill behind clapboard siding. Inside are a double staircase, a long drawing room divided by a semi-elliptical arch, and a semi-octagonal music room. Marvin's son-in-law William Sackett, a congressman, later lived here, and the Todd family inherited it in 1927. Hiram Charles Todd, a New York lawyer, led a Tammany Hall graft investigation in 1930. The house is valued for its scale, quality and design, its minimal alteration, and its role anchoring a group of 19th-century buildings around the square.","period_of_significance":"19th Century","architect_builder":"Thomas Marvin (builder/original owner)","architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Rated in fair condition, with only minor alterations; the form states it was unoccupied, with plans for a two-family house.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:39.241544-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/72000911.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72000911/dcf1fdd479-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72000911/dcf1fdd479-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Daniel Case","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hiram_Charles_Todd_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniel Case</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:Hiram_Charles_Todd_House.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"73001264","name":"Franklin Square Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/franklin-square-historic-district-73001264/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75321635","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiram_Charles_Todd_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5769090"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/saratoga-county/todd-hiram-charles-house-72000911/"}