{"nrhp_refnum":"78001845","name":"North Broad Street Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Broad St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Norwich","county":"Chenango County","state":"NY","lat":42.53724777150006,"lon":-75.52438370567847,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-11-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A residential historic district in the city of Norwich, Chenango County, New York, made up of forty-one detached houses along three blocks of North Broad Street (Route 12) between Newton Avenue and Cortland Street, dating from the early nineteenth century into the twentieth.","why_significant":"The district was traditionally the location of the finest homes in Norwich and the address of its wealthier and more influential residents. It holds an outstanding, largely intact collection of Greek Revival, Italianate, Queen Anne, Stick and Second Empire houses. Growth followed the Chenango Canal in the 1840s, and by 1853 thirty-four houses stood within the boundaries.","narrative":"North Broad Street Historic District covers three blocks of Route 12 in Norwich, New York, lined with tall trees and wide lawns that screen forty-one detached houses. Most are two or three stories and built of wood, with a few of stone or brick. The earliest, in the Greek Revival style, stand on Cortland and Rexford Streets and the lower end of North Broad Street; 110 North Broad Street was designed by Archibald Clark. Farther north are Victorian houses in the Second Empire, Stick, Queen Anne, Eastlake and Italianate modes, including an elaborate Italian villa with a bracketed cupola at 116. The street began as farmland along a major turnpike. After the Chenango Canal opened in the 1840s, the county grew rapidly and new housing appeared here, with thirty-four houses standing by 1853. Over time it became the address of Norwich's wealthier residents, and some late nineteenth-century homes included grand ballrooms. Despite minor alterations and some conversions to other uses, the district remains well maintained and largely intact.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Archibald Clark (known to have designed 110 North Broad Street; possibly builder of similar houses at 8 and 12 Cortland Street)","architectural_style":"Greek Revival, Second Empire, Stick, Queen Anne, Eastlake and Italianate (Italian villa) styles","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied, mainly private residences; several homes converted to other uses in the twentieth century but well maintained, with integrity substantially intact.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:39.899936-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/78001845.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78001845/cdc8a1e478-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78001845/cdc8a1e478-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Daniel Case","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:106_and_108_North_Broad_Street,_Norwich,_NY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniel Case</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:106_and_108_North_Broad_Street,_Norwich,_NY.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75316892","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Broad_Street_Historic_District_(Norwich,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7054295"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/chenango-county/north-broad-street-historic-district-78001845/"}