{"nrhp_refnum":"78001840","name":"Angelica Park Circle Historic District","other_names":["See Also:Old Allegany County Courthouse"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Main and White Sts. and Allegany County Fairgrounds","address_restricted":false,"city":"Angelica","county":"Allegany County","state":"NY","lat":42.305871652000064,"lon":-78.0121978014474,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-01-31","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Agriculture","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 90-acre historic district in the village of Angelica, Allegany County, New York, centered on an octagonal village green (Park Circle) and including churches, commercial and residential buildings on Main Street, and the county fairgrounds.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the village is one of the oldest settlements in Allegany County and has changed little since the nineteenth century. It is notable for adapting a New England town plan around an octagonal green and for the distinctive group of religious, governmental and commercial buildings around it. Angelica also served as the former county seat and as the site of the annual agricultural fair.","narrative":"Angelica's Park Circle district covers about ninety acres in western New York and is organized around an octagonal village green, laid out in the early nineteenth century by Evert Van Winkle for the Church family's land tract. Around the green stand the former county courthouse, now village hall, and several churches in Greek Revival and carpenter Gothic styles, including the 1856 Presbyterian church and the 1848 St. Paul's Episcopal Church. West Main Street holds modest brick and frame commercial buildings, some with false fronts, while East Main Street has simple frame homes. The Allegany County fairgrounds, moved to the site in 1865, form the northeast corner of the district, with a race track and about fourteen barns and sheds. The district was listed because the village preserves its New England-influenced plan and a cohesive group of nineteenth-century buildings, and because Angelica long served as county seat and fair site. A 1955 school is the only intrusion noted.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899 and 1900- (boxes checked on the form; no specific dates given)","architect_builder":"Evert Van Wickle (builder of 48 East Main Street, c. 1820); Evert Van Winkle laid out the village","architectural_style":"Greek Revival, Gothic Revival (carpenter Gothic) and simple vernacular commercial and residential buildings","criteria":[],"status_note":"Form lists the district as occupied, in good condition, with one intrusion: a 1955 school building at 21 East Main Street.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:39.340638-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/78001840.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78001840/a6c1971f40-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78001840/a6c1971f40-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 1.0","author":"Stilfehler 16:16, 8 October 2007 (CEST)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Park_Circle_Angelica_NY.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Stilfehler 16:16, 8 October 2007 (CEST)</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/1.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 1.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Park_Circle_Angelica_NY.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75316395","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angelica_Park_Circle_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4762671"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/allegany-county/angelica-park-circle-historic-district-78001840/"}