{"nrhp_refnum":"73001201","name":"Bevier Memorial Building","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Washington St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Rochester","county":"Monroe County","state":"NY","lat":43.15338939900005,"lon":-77.61614412799997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1973-10-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Art","Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-and-a-half-story brick institutional building at the northeast corner of Washington and Spring Streets in downtown Rochester, New York, completed in 1910 and designed by Claude Bragdon.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it one of the finest early twentieth-century institutional structures in Rochester, noted for its imaginative use of colored brick and ceramic tile. It was built for the Rochester Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute's School of Applied Arts and reflects the Institute's growth. It also ties to architect Claude Bragdon, an influential figure in the city's design and cultural life.","narrative":"Rising three and a half stories at Washington and Spring Streets in downtown Rochester, this 1910 building is notable for its warm, textured exterior. Walls of variegated brown and tan brick laid in Flemish bond are trimmed with ceramic bands in blue, white, green and brown. Double belt courses separate the stories, and a raised parapet carries a plaque bearing the building's name. The site once held the home of Col. Nathaniel Rochester, and was acquired in 1892 by the Rochester Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute, which trained skilled industrial craftsmen. Susan Bevier gave the building in memory of her husband, brewer Henry H. Bevier, to house the Institute's School of Applied Arts. Architect Claude Bragdon, also an author, artist and set designer, shaped Rochester's early twentieth-century planning and design. The Institute became Rochester Institute of Technology in 1944 and used the building for decades. After its move to the suburbs, the building was leased to an organization running federally funded anti-poverty programs.","period_of_significance":"1910","architect_builder":"Claude Bragdon (architect)","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in good condition and altered; occupied. After the Institute moved to the suburbs in the late 1960s, the building was leased to an anti-poverty program organization.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:39.491956-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/73001201.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001201/178fc7939c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001201/178fc7939c-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Matthew D. Wilson (LtPowers)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rochester_-_Bevier_Memorial_Building.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:Rochester_-_Bevier_Memorial_Building.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75318758","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bevier_Memorial_Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4899652"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/monroe-county/bevier-memorial-building-73001201/"}