{"nrhp_refnum":"73001200","name":"Lower Mill","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"N. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Honeoye Falls","county":"Monroe County","state":"NY","lat":42.955915462000064,"lon":-77.58875298299995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1973-05-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A stone grist mill on North Main Street in Honeoye Falls, Monroe County, New York, built around 1829 for Hirem Finch beside Honeoye Creek.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the mill is a key visual element of the village streetscape and represents the milling economy that was the village's reason for being. It is also cited for its architecture and as an industrial site. Milling continued there until the 1930s.","narrative":"Built around 1829 for Hirem Finch, the Lower Mill is a stone grist mill facing North Main Street in Honeoye Falls, with Honeoye Creek running behind it. From the street it reads as three stories, but the sloping land makes parts of the rear four and a half stories. The walls are said to be built of stone quarried from the creek bed, with finished quoins at the corners and plain stone sills and lintels. A fire in the 1890s destroyed the original gable roof and top story, leaving the present flat roof. Inside, rough stone walls, heavy timber beams and an old hoistway for carrying grain remain exposed. Milling continued through the 1890s, later resumed under steam power, and ended in the 1930s during the Depression. The building then served a creamery for aging cheese and an oil company. It is valued as a visual anchor of the village and a reminder of the mills that shaped its economy. The village owns it, and reuse as a library was under study.","period_of_significance":"19th Century (c. 1829)","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as unoccupied and not in use, in fair condition and altered; rehabilitation for community use, possibly as a library, was being studied.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:38.783034-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/73001200.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001200/ace8f8a8fb-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001200/ace8f8a8fb-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Matthew D. Wilson (LtPowers)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Honeoye_Falls_-_Lower_Mill.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Matthew D. Wilson (LtPowers)</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:Honeoye_Falls_-_Lower_Mill.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"93001225","name":"Honeoye Falls Village Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/honeoye-falls-village-historic-district-93001225/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75318868","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lower_Mill_(Honeoye_Falls,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6693620"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/monroe-county/lower-mill-73001200/"}