{"nrhp_refnum":"74001256","name":"Smith, Adon, House","other_names":["Village Office Building"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"3 Broad St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Hamilton","county":"Madison County","state":"NY","lat":42.82695946800004,"lon":-75.54305950899999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1974-05-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two and a half story brick Italianate former residence at 3 Broad Street, corner of Broad and Pine Streets, in Hamilton, Madison County, New York, built about 1850 by Adon Smith. It now serves as the Village Office Building.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is significant for its location opposite the village park, its history of uses and owners, and its representation of the Italianate style. It contributes to the character of the village center alongside the neighboring library, also a former residence.","narrative":"Built about 1850 by Adon Smith, a wealthy real estate dealer who also kept a home in New York City, this two and a half story brick house faces the village park in Hamilton at Broad and Pine Streets. Smith built homes and organized the village bank in 1853, serving as its first president. His family occupied the house until the 1930s, when it was sold to Albert Sheldon. The village bought it from Sheldon's heirs in 1943, and it first served as a USO headquarters for servicemen, then as apartments, and since 1950 as village offices. The house shows Italianate features: asymmetrically arranged rectilinear blocks, a low hip roof, overhanging eaves with large brackets, round-headed windows with hood moulds, and a glazed belvedere in place of a tower. A U-shaped porch with delicate wrought iron contrasts with the bolder elements. Its position near the park and library helps shape the village center.","period_of_significance":"19th Century","architect_builder":"Adon Smith (builder/original owner)","architectural_style":"Italianate","criteria":[],"status_note":"Used as the village offices since 1950; condition listed as good and altered, with interior spaces divided and modernized over time.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:40.042779-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/74001256.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74001256/437f35da2c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74001256/437f35da2c-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Doug Kerr from Upstate New York","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Adon_Smith_House_Feb_07.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Doug Kerr from Upstate New York</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:Adon_Smith_House_Feb_07.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"84002494","name":"Hamilton Village Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/hamilton-village-historic-district-84002494/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75318742","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adon_Smith_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4684496"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/madison-county/smith-adon-house-74001256/"}