{"nrhp_refnum":"73001159","name":"Olmstead Street Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Olmstead St. between Ontario and Cayuga Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cohoes","county":"Albany County","state":"NY","lat":42.77507769400006,"lon":-73.70286808399999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1973-06-19","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small industrial district in the center of Cohoes, Albany County, New York, made up of the Ogden Mill, three blocks of brick row houses on Olmstead Street, and the filled-in remains of a power canal. The mill sections date from 1844, 1846 and 1859, and the district covers about one acre.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the district as a microcosm of mid-nineteenth century industrial history, combining mill, canal and mill housing in one cohesive group. It records the mill's role in Cohoes's textile industry and the Cohoes Company's use of canals to power development. The curving street follows the route of the old canal, and the well-preserved row houses and mill still read as an integrated industrial complex.","narrative":"Olmstead Street in Cohoes, New York, curves along the path of a former power canal that once separated the living and working worlds of a textile community. On one side stands the Ogden Mill, a large brick cotton mill built in sections in 1844, 1846 and 1859. On the other are three blocks of brick row houses, two to three stories tall and notable for their uniform materials, scale and design. The Cohoes Company built the first mill beside an abandoned stretch of the Erie Canal that had been added to its power canal system. The row houses were built on a street named for Charles A. Olmstead, the company agent. In 1847 the Ogden Mills led the city in woven cotton production. The mills later passed to the Harmony Company, which joined them with the central section. The filled canal is being turned into a park, and the district still reads as a self-contained industrial community.","period_of_significance":"19th Century (specific dates 1826, 1844, 1846, 1859)","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition is checked as good, with the property marked altered and occupied. The mill is owned by a shirt company and the row houses by various owners. The canal has been filled in and is being made into a park with a fountain.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:38.803677-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/73001159.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001159/018e92f722-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001159/018e92f722-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Daniel Case","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Olmstead_Street,_Cohoes,_NY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniel Case</a>, <a href=\"http://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:Olmstead_Street,_Cohoes,_NY.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"04000434","name":"Enlarged Erie Canal Historic District (Discontiguous)","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/enlarged-erie-canal-historic-district-discontiguous-04000434/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75316305","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olmstead_Street_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7088427"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/albany-county/olmstead-street-historic-district-73001159/"}