{"nrhp_refnum":"75001213","name":"Gansevoort-Bellamy Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Liberty, Stuben, and Huntington Sts. to Bissel","address_restricted":false,"city":"Rome","county":"Oneida County","state":"NY","lat":43.213120027500054,"lon":-75.45545974939151,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1975-11-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A civic historic district of about 12 acres in central Rome, Oneida County, New York, made up of two adjacent small parks (Gansevoort and Bellamy) and the public buildings, churches and houses that face them.","why_significant":"The district is a cluster of public and private structures around an open park, mostly nineteenth century, giving a sense of historic continuity. It reflects Dominick Lynch's 1800 plan to set aside a public square as the community's governmental center, which later government buildings carried out. It also contains varied architecture, from Greek Revival to Flemish Revival.","narrative":"Two adjacent parks in central Rome, Gansevoort and Bellamy, form the core of this district, along with the buildings that face them. Dominick Lynch, the founder of Rome, set the land aside as a public square in 1800 and envisioned it as the community's governmental center. Later courthouse, city hall, post office and justice facility construction fulfilled that idea. The district includes the 1851 Oneida County Courthouse with its Ionic portico and dome, the 1853 First Presbyterian Church, the Romanesque St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church of 1895-97, the 1894 Flemish Revival City Hall, the 1936 Post Office, and the 1961 Justice Building. A row of nineteenth century houses marks the western edge of the plaza. Statues of General Peter Gansevoort and a war memorial stand in the parks. The district adjoins the Fort Stanwix reconstruction, and Rome's city government has protected the area with zoning controls.","period_of_significance":"19th and 20th centuries (specific dates not given)","architect_builder":"Various, including O. Wheelock (First Presbyterian Church), Archimedes Russell (St. Peter's Church), Walter Dickson of Withers and Dickson (City Hall), R. W. Trowell (Justice Building), and Louis A. Simon (Post Office supervision)","architectural_style":"Greek Revival, Romanesque Revival, Flemish Revival, Georgian Revival, Late Greek with Egyptian influence, and Contemporary","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied and in use; condition marked good to fair. Buildings serve as courthouse, post office, churches, city offices, justice facility and private residences or offices. The city has designated the area a historic and scenic preservation district.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:39.59774-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/75001213.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75001213/b8d00d747d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75001213/b8d00d747d-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:Gansevoort-Bellamy_Historic_District_-_Rome_City_Hall_Sept_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:Gansevoort-Bellamy_Historic_District_-_Rome_City_Hall_Sept_10.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75320207","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gansevoort%E2%80%93Bellamy_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5521492"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/oneida-county/gansevoort-bellamy-historic-district-75001213/"}