{"nrhp_refnum":"75001224","name":"Vischer Ferry Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"SW of Clifton Park at jcts. of River View, Vischer Ferry, and Crescent Rds.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Clifton Park","county":"Saratoga County","state":"NY","lat":42.78865073000006,"lon":-73.81534075682254,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1975-10-15","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation","Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A rural hamlet historic district in the Town of Clifton Park, Saratoga County, New York, on the north side of the Mohawk River about four miles east of Schenectady. It holds 64 buildings, mostly 19th-century, along with the Erie Canal, a stone bridge and mill sites.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the hamlet as an unspoiled 19th-century rural community that escaped modern development. It calls it as fine an example of a mid-19th-century canal town as can be found in New York State. Its character comes from many Greek Revival houses, including seven temple-form residences, built largely by boat builders and ship carpenters during the canal's enlargement.","narrative":"Vischer Ferry is a small canal-era hamlet on the north bank of the Mohawk River in Clifton Park, about four miles east of Schenectady. Dutch settlers from Albany and Schenectady first came in the 1670s, and the community grew through a ferry period, a canal period and a later resort period. The Erie Canal, still holding water, runs through the district. Its enlargement in the 1840s set off a burst of building, and two dry docks drew boat builders and ship carpenters who put up the Greek Revival houses that define the place. Seven are temple-form residences with pillared porticoes. Earlier buildings include a brick Federal farmhouse dated 1806 with a rear wing said to be mid-18th century. Later additions include a Queen Anne house, Gothic-influenced buildings and a church with Tiffany windows. Of 64 buildings, only seventeen date from after the 1930s. The hamlet was listed because it survives so intact, with little modern intrusion, despite nearby suburban growth.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival (predominant), with Federal, Gothic and Queen Anne elements","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition is marked excellent, good and fair, with the district occupied. Most buildings are private residences, and the hamlet is described as intact and largely free of modern intrusions.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:39.848376-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/75001224.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75001224/de7f1e46e0-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75001224/de7f1e46e0-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Peter Flass","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nicholas_and_Eldert_Vischer_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Peter Flass</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:Nicholas_and_Eldert_Vischer_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75321647","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vischer_Ferry_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7935650"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/saratoga-county/vischer-ferry-historic-district-75001224/"}