{"nrhp_refnum":"78001843","name":"Fredonia Commons Historic District","other_names":["See Also:US Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Main, Temple, Church, Day, and Center Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Fredonia","county":"Chautauqua County","state":"NY","lat":42.44048730850005,"lon":-79.3318121385725,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-10-19","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Commerce","Education","Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic district in the center of Fredonia, Chautauqua County, New York, made up of about twenty-five buildings arranged around the village green (the Commons), including civic buildings, churches and a row of commercial blocks.","why_significant":"The district was the nucleus of the village when it was settled in the early 19th century and follows the New England-style plan of a green surrounded by civic, religious and commercial buildings. Its buildings form a remarkably complete record of changing architectural tastes over roughly 150 years. It is also tied to local education, religion, commerce and the early use of natural gas.","narrative":"Fredonia's Commons is a village green surrounded by the buildings that have long served as the town's center. The historic district covers about twenty-five structures, including the fire station, village hall, post office, library, three churches and a continuous wall of commercial blocks along Main Street. The layout follows the New England pattern of a central green with civic, religious and commercial buildings grouped around it. Hezekiah Barker, who settled in 1806, laid out the village lots and set aside the Commons, deeding it to the Town of Pomfret in 1825. The Fredonia Academy, founded in 1823, and its successor institutions made education a lasting part of village life. Architecture ranges from the Gothic Revival Trinity Episcopal Church of 1834-35 and the Baptist Church of 1852-53 to Italianate storefronts, a Second Empire lodge building and an early twentieth century International Modern building. The district was listed for its architecture and its record of the village's development.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"John Jones (local architect of the Baptist Church and Trinity Episcopal Church)","architectural_style":"Mixed: Federal, Gothic Revival, Greek Revival, Queen Anne, Italianate, Second Empire and International Modern","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition is marked good and original site. Three properties are described as intrusions, including a one-story Town of Pomfret building and two vacant lots.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:39.509525-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/78001843.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78001843/8077eca9ec-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78001843/8077eca9ec-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Generic1139","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fredonia_Village_Hall.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Generic1139</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:Fredonia_Village_Hall.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75316770","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fredonia_Commons_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5499377"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/chautauqua-county/fredonia-commons-historic-district-78001843/"}