{"nrhp_refnum":"73001176","name":"Old Homer Village Historic District","other_names":["See Also:US Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"N.and S. Main St., Central Park, Clinton, James, Cayuga, and Albany Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Homer","county":"Cortland County","state":"NY","lat":42.636513843000046,"lon":-76.18034292510742,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1973-10-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 19th-century village historic district in Homer, Cortland County, New York, about 3 miles north of the City of Cortland. It covers Main Street, parts of Cayuga, James, Clinton and Albany Streets, and the village Green, with about 6.52 acres nominated.","why_significant":"The district is a well-preserved 19th-century central New York village shaped by a century of economic growth, with residences and brick commercial blocks showing many architectural styles. Its village Green, ringed by churches, is described as a New England feature transplanted to central New York by settlers from Connecticut and Massachusetts. Merchant Jedediah Barber's store, homes and civic efforts helped make Homer a commercial center.","narrative":"Homer Village is a 19th-century community about 3 miles north of Cortland, New York, whose historic district takes in Main Street, sections of Cayuga, James, Clinton and Albany Streets, and the village Green. Houses are mostly two-story frame buildings with clapboard and gable roofs, alongside larger brick homes, while the commercial blocks are brick buildings with bracketed cornices. Notable structures include the 1908 Town Hall, the 1863 Jedediah Barber building with its original elevator and upper-floor opera house, the 1887 Brockway Block, the 1816 tavern known as Wisdom's Gate, and an 1853 octagon house. The Green, ringed by churches, reflects the New England origins of Homer's first settlers. The district matters as the product of a century of economic development, driven by merchants such as Jedediah Barber, and it preserves the look of a 19th-century country village in central New York, with a century's range of architectural styles.","period_of_significance":"19th Century","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Varied 19th-century styles including Greek Revival, Italianate, Victorian and Romanesque elements","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as a viable village with a still prosperous commercial center, well-cared-for residences and a largely intact Green; condition marked good, altered.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:39.016993-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/73001176.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001176/1451a34998-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001176/1451a34998-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jebediah_Barber_building_Old_Homer_Village_Historic_District_Aug_09.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States</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:Jebediah_Barber_building_Old_Homer_Village_Historic_District_Aug_09.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75317155","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Homer_Village_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14707138"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/cortland-county/old-homer-village-historic-district-73001176/"}