{"nrhp_refnum":"77000982","name":"Waterford Village Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by the Hudson River, Erie Canal, and State St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Waterford","county":"Saratoga County","state":"NY","lat":42.790790596500045,"lon":-73.67906461686536,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1977-07-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Commerce","Transportation","Architecture","Invention"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic district covering more than half of the incorporated Village of Waterford, Saratoga County, New York, at the junction of the Hudson and Mohawk Rivers. It contains 19th and early 20th-century residential, commercial, industrial, religious and civic buildings across about 31 acres.","why_significant":"Waterford was first settled around 1633 and incorporated in 1794, making it the oldest incorporated village in the county. Its river junction location, waterpower and role as the southern terminus of the Champlain Canal made it a center of business and industry. The district is also notable for a mixture of Federal, Georgian, Empire, Greek Revival and early Victorian styles, and it has kept its 19th-century character and scale.","narrative":"Waterford Village Historic District takes in more than half of the incorporated village where the Hudson and Mohawk Rivers meet in Saratoga County, New York. It holds a complete community: mansions and factory workers' homes, churches, schools, government buildings, commercial blocks, mills and transportation structures. Broad Street forms the business center, with almost a dozen brick Federal buildings with stepped gables. Third Street includes the 1896 Robert Reis and Company mill with its corbeled brick tower, and nearby streets hold homes built by local industrialists. The village was first settled around 1633 and incorporated in 1794. Its waterpower, river trade and position as the southern terminus of the Champlain Canal around 1825 drove growth and the construction of fine homes, mills, churches and shops. Because that growth spanned changing tastes, the district blends Federal, Georgian, Empire, Greek Revival and early Victorian styles, held together by modest scale and closely spaced buildings on narrow streets.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Mixed 19th and early 20th-century styles, including Federal, Georgian, Empire, Greek Revival and early Victorian","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition is marked excellent, good and fair, and the district is occupied. Some commercial buildings have been altered with aluminum siding, but most are described as essentially intact.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:38.508544-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/77000982.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/77000982/44c8ab2d96-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/77000982/44c8ab2d96-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Peter Flass","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Saratoga_County_Bank,_Waterford,_New_York.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:Saratoga_County_Bank,_Waterford,_New_York.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75321651","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterford_Village_Historic_District_(Waterford,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7974058"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/saratoga-county/waterford-village-historic-district-77000982/"}