{"nrhp_refnum":"78001888","name":"Waterville Triangle Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Stafford Ave., Main and White Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Waterville","county":"Oneida County","state":"NY","lat":42.93055507100007,"lon":-75.37827929573245,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-04-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic district at the center of the village of Waterville, Oneida County, New York, covering about 27 acres where Main Street, Stafford Avenue and White Street form a triangle. It contains commercial, religious and residential buildings dating from about 1820 to 1900.","why_significant":"Waterville was a center of Oneida County's hop industry and a national hop exchange in the mid and late nineteenth century. The district's substantial homes, churches and commercial buildings reflect that prosperity, and many keep their pattern-book appearance almost intact. The form also notes work by architects Archimedes Russell, Thomas S. Jackson and A.B. Cady.","narrative":"Waterville's central triangle, formed by Main Street, Stafford Avenue and White Street, is a district of about 27 acres holding commercial blocks, churches and houses built between roughly 1820 and 1900. Brick commercial buildings with Italianate cornices cluster at the point of the triangle, while churches and fine residences line East Main Street. The buildings reflect the wealth the hop industry brought to the village. Waterville became a national hop exchange and shipping point, and the railroad arrived in 1867. Notable buildings include the 1873 First Presbyterian Church by Archimedes Russell, Grace Episcopal Church by Thomas S. Jackson, the Federal-style Baptist Church and Locke House, the 1869 Woodman bank building, and the Italian villa at 104 White Street based on an Andrew Jackson Downing design. Several sources describe many structures as keeping their pattern-book character. A few modern gas stations and stores are noted as intrusions, but the grouping is judged of exceptional local significance.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Archimedes Russell (Syracuse); Thomas S. Jackson (New York); A.B. Cady; George Putnam (builder); Julius Candee","architectural_style":"Mixed nineteenth-century styles: Federal, Italianate, Gothic Revival, Italian villa, Victorian Gothic","criteria":[],"status_note":"Mostly occupied and in fair to excellent condition. A few modern commercial buildings are noted as intrusions. The Putnam mansion is now a nursing home, and the old school building is a museum.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:39.455653-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/78001888.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78001888/b11acb15cc-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78001888/b11acb15cc-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Waterville_Triangle_Historic_District_Sep_09.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Waterville_Triangle_Historic_District_Sep_09.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75320277","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterville_Triangle_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7974546"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/oneida-county/waterville-triangle-historic-district-78001888/"}