{"nrhp_refnum":"73001241","name":"Geneva Hall and Trinity Hall, Hobart & William Smith College","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"S. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Geneva","county":"Ontario County","state":"NY","lat":42.85826885800003,"lon":-76.98208518699994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1973-07-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Two adjoining fieldstone college buildings, Geneva Hall (1822) and Trinity Hall (1837-38), fronting South Main Street in Geneva, Ontario County, New York. They are the two oldest buildings of Hobart College.","why_significant":"They are Hobart College's two oldest buildings and date from one of the first colleges founded in western New York before the Erie Canal era. Trinity Hall was designed by college president Benjamin Hale to balance Geneva Hall. Both have been in constant use, and their position on Main Street reflects the link between town and college.","narrative":"Geneva Hall and Trinity Hall are a matched pair of three-story fieldstone buildings on South Main Street in Geneva, New York, and they are the oldest buildings of Hobart College. Geneva Hall was completed in 1822 on a site chosen by Bishop John Henry Hobart, with funds from Geneva's citizens, and originally held student rooms, a chapel, a schoolroom and a mineral cabinet room. Trinity Hall followed in 1837-38 as a gift of the Protestant Episcopal Society for the Promotion of Religion and Learning. Its design is attributed to college president Benjamin Hale, who made it similar in size and appearance to its neighbor. Both have belt courses, quoins and stone lintels and sills, and are nine bays wide. Interiors have been altered repeatedly, yet both remain in use, Geneva Hall as a dormitory and Trinity Hall for academic offices and classrooms. They are noted as early institutions of higher learning in western New York.","period_of_significance":"1821-22 and 1837-38","architect_builder":"Benjamin Hale (design of Trinity Hall attributed)","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Both buildings remain in constant use; Geneva Hall is a men's dormitory and Trinity Hall houses faculty offices and classrooms. Condition is listed as good and altered.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:39.377226-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/73001241.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001241/e78191e592-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001241/e78191e592-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"HWS ARCHIVES","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GenevaHall1896.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">HWS ARCHIVES</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GenevaHall1896.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"74001286","name":"South Main Street Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/south-main-street-historic-district-74001286/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75320513","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geneva_Hall_and_Trinity_Hall,_Hobart_%26_William_Smith_College","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5533009"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/ontario-county/geneva-hall-and-trinity-hall-hobart-and-william-smith-college-73001241/"}