{"nrhp_refnum":"74001326","name":"Wyoming Village Historic District","other_names":["See Also:Middlebury Academy"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"NY 19","address_restricted":false,"city":"Wyoming","county":"Wyoming County","state":"NY","lat":42.82715891950005,"lon":-78.08722900430831,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1974-12-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Education","Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A T-shaped historic district of about seventy structures, roughly 45 acres, in the village of Wyoming, Wyoming County, New York, centered on a small triangular green along Main and Academy Streets. The village was founded in 1809 by Silas Newell.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the district blends unselfconscious vernacular New England-style village architecture with a more sophisticated cultural influence. That influence came from the Middlebury Academy and from the Look-Avery-Coonley-Ward family at nearby \"Hillside,\" who gave the village its Fire Tower and Village Hall in 1902 and hosted notable guests, including suffrage leaders. Areas checked include architecture, education, and town planning.","narrative":"Wyoming village in western New York grew from a settlement begun in 1809 by Silas Newell, a New England migrant, and was laid out in a T-shape around a small triangular green. The historic district takes in about seventy structures along Main and Academy Streets, including an 1838 inn, a turn-of-the-century bank, the 1830 Presbyterian Church, Federal and Greek Revival houses, and later Victorian and Gothic cottages and churches. Middlebury Academy, an early brick landmark, drew students from across the state and supported the village economy through the 1860s. Around 1900 the family at nearby \"Hillside\" took an active interest in village life. Their gifts in 1902 were the brick Fire Tower and a French provincial style Village Hall. Visitors to the family included suffrage leaders such as Susan B. Anthony. The nomination presents the village as a rural place where plain vernacular building and wider cultural influences developed side by side.","period_of_significance":"19th and 20th centuries (specific dates not given)","architect_builder":"Bryant Fleming (architect, added a colonial revival porch to the Warren-Main House)","architectural_style":"Federal, Greek Revival, Victorian, Gothic, and French provincial buildings in a New England-style village plan","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition is marked excellent, good and fair, with both altered and unaltered boxes checked. Uses include commercial, private residence, educational, religious, museum and park.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:39.204986-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/74001326.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74001326/3621a98775-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74001326/3621a98775-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Doug Kerr from Upstate New York","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wyoming_Village_Hall_Wyoming_NY_May_10.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:Wyoming_Village_Hall_Wyoming_NY_May_10.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75323362","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyoming_Village_Historic_District_(Wyoming,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8040404"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/wyoming-county/wyoming-village-historic-district-74001326/"}