{"nrhp_refnum":"74001257","name":"Phoenix Building","other_names":["Phoenix Hotel","Pittsford Inn"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"S. Main and State Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Pittsford","county":"Monroe County","state":"NY","lat":43.09064116300004,"lon":-77.51530388999998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1974-08-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A canal-era brick inn at the southeast corner of South Main and State Streets in the village of Pittsford, Monroe County, New York, built in the first quarter of the nineteenth century. It later operated as the Phoenix Hotel, Tyler's Inn and the Pittsford Inn.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the Phoenix Building as an elegant Federal hotel that has been a social and architectural focal point of Pittsford for about 150 years. It served Rochester-bound travellers on the coach road and the Erie Canal. It is also cited as a local example of profitable adaptive re-use.","narrative":"Standing at the southeast corner of South Main and State Streets in Pittsford, the Phoenix Building is a red brick inn from the first quarter of the nineteenth century. It has a three-and-a-half story main block, a two-and-a-half story south wing, Federal-style detailing, recessed first-floor arches and stepped \"Troy Gable\" end walls with two chimneys each. An inn already occupied the site in 1807, and Pittsford's centre shifted north to the Four Corners once the Erie Canal route was announced. The hotel, with its refined exterior, ample rooms and third-floor ballroom, drew travellers heading to Rochester by road or canal. It later operated under several names, including Tyler's Inn and the Pittsford Inn, and was damaged by fire in 1963. A newspaper publisher bought it in 1965, removed an attached gas station, rebuilt the north entrance and restored the ballroom. The rehabilitation cost far less than first estimated, making it a local model of adaptive re-use.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Post-colonial or \"Federal\" style","criteria":[],"status_note":"Excellent condition and altered. Bought in 1965 for newspaper offices and commercial rental space, with the exterior and third-floor ballroom restored.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:39.890657-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/74001257.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74001257/34e21e0f03-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74001257/34e21e0f03-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Doug Kerr from Upstate New York","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Phoenix_Building_Pittsford_NY_Dec_09.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:Phoenix_Building_Pittsford_NY_Dec_09.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"84002736","name":"Pittsford Village Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/pittsford-village-historic-district-84002736/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75318904","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_Building_(Pittsford,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7186804"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/monroe-county/phoenix-building-74001257/"}