{"nrhp_refnum":"73001228","name":"Erwin Library and Pratt House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"104 and 106 Schuyler St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Boonville","county":"Oneida County","state":"NY","lat":43.483852891000026,"lon":-75.33658396599998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1973-08-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Two adjacent late 19th-century buildings at 104 and 106 Schuyler Street in Boonville, Oneida County, New York: the Erwin Library (built 1890) and the Pratt House (built 1875).","why_significant":"Together they form a well-preserved record of late 19th-century eclecticism, one showing the benevolence of wealthy men and the other the prosperity of Boonville's lumber kings. The library is a Romanesque design derived from H. H. Richardson's libraries. The Pratt House is a French-influenced mansion that remains almost completely intact after a hundred years as a dwelling.","narrative":"On Schuyler Street in Boonville stand two neighboring buildings from the late 19th century. The Erwin Library, built in 1890 of rock-faced local limestone, has a square entrance tower, a pyramidal-roofed bay, narrow slot windows and a recessed entrance under a semicircular arch. It was funded by a bequest from Cornelius Erwin, a Bridgeport manufacturer raised in Boonville, and designed by C. L. Vivian of Ithaca in the manner of H. H. Richardson's libraries. Next door, the Pratt House of 1875 is a brick mansion with a mansard roof, bracketed cornices, a central tower with iron cresting and metal window lintels. Built for merchant Clark Dodge to designs by J. B. Lathrop of Utica, it later belonged to lumber-industry figure Charles Pratt. Its interior keeps original wall coverings, marble mantels, gas fixtures and a carved staircase. Both buildings are notable for how little they have been altered.","period_of_significance":"19th Century","architect_builder":"C. L. Vivian of Ithaca (Erwin Library); J. B. Lathrop of Utica (Pratt House)","architectural_style":"Romanesque (Erwin Library); French-influenced mansard style (Pratt House)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Both buildings are described as in excellent condition and essentially unaltered; the Pratt House is owned by the Erwin Library and Institute.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:38.750235-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/73001228.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75320189","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erwin_Library_and_Pratt_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5396172"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/oneida-county/erwin-library-and-pratt-house-73001228/"}