{"nrhp_refnum":"74001304","name":"Breakabeen Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by River St., New Rt. 30, and Main St. to Bush Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Breakabeen","county":"Schoharie County","state":"NY","lat":42.52426378250007,"lon":-74.38479011078559,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1974-12-31","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A village historic district of about 35 wooden buildings in Breakabeen, central Schoharie County, New York, on the east side of Schoharie Creek along Keyser's Kill. Most buildings date from before 1870, and the district covers roughly 37 acres.","why_significant":"The nomination argues that Breakabeen is a representative collection of folk Greek Revival architecture, with temple-front stores, dwellings and a church built by local carpenters. More than half the village was built between 1830 and 1860. It also shows the village's later 19th century decline and has no modern intrusions.","narrative":"Breakabeen is a small village in central Schoharie County, New York, set on a gentle hillside beside Keyser's Kill and east of Schoharie Creek. About 35 wooden buildings remain, nearly all built before 1870. Settlement began between about 1738 and 1745 with Palatine Germans, and mills made the place a saw and grist milling center. More than half the village went up between 1830 and 1860, mostly in the Greek Revival style as local carpenters interpreted it. Temple-fronted general stores, an insurance office, several dwellings and a church with a bold pediment and three-tiered bell tower show the style. A post-Civil War hotel, later lost to fire, added an Italian villa variation. Growth ended after the Civil War as rail-borne goods and westward migration undercut local business. The district was listed for its uniform scale and style and for preserving a visible record of mid-19th-century life in the Schoharie Valley, free of modern intrusions.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival (folk versions), with a post-Civil War hotel in an Italian villa variation","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition marked excellent. Uses include commercial, private residence and religious. The hotel burned in 1974, after the nomination was submitted. The 1919 school, tin shop, stage coach inn, tavern and print shop now serve as dwellings.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:39.036704-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/74001304.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74001304/94ebff50d4-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74001304/94ebff50d4-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Sgt. bender at en.wikipedia","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mainstreetbreakabeen.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Sgt. bender at en.wikipedia</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mainstreetbreakabeen.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75321725","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakabeen_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4959363"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/schoharie-county/breakabeen-historic-district-74001304/"}