{"nrhp_refnum":"78003122","name":"Chase Mills Inn","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Mein and Townline Rds.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Chase Mills","county":"St. Lawrence County","state":"NY","lat":44.848850035000055,"lon":-75.08089190799996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-11-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story wood-frame inn at the corner of Main (Mein) Road and Townline Road in the hamlet of Chase Mills, town of Waddington, St. Lawrence County, New York. It was built circa 1865 and is also known as the Creighton House.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the inn is one of very few small North Country hostelries built for that purpose and kept in continuous operation since the 1860s. It has long served as the secular social center of the village. It retains much of its original structural integrity, including a spring dance floor and an early mahogany bar.","narrative":"Chase Mills Inn is a two-story wood-frame hostelry in the hamlet of Chase Mills, St. Lawrence County, built around 1865 beside the depot of the former Norwood-St. Lawrence Railway. A three-bay main block is joined to a two-bay wing, all under a low hipped roof with bracketed cornices, corner pilasters and clapboard siding. Inside, the wing holds a large barroom with a spring dance floor, made of spruce flooring laid over secondary joists so that it flexes under dancers. A polished mahogany bar with a Neoclassical back bar may date from the 1840s or 1850s. The inn matters because few small North Country hotels were built for that purpose and stayed in continuous operation from the 1860s. Chase Mills was then a busy mill and commercial center, and a 1905 rate listing credited the inn with space for thirty guests. It has served as the village's social gathering place for generations.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in excellent condition, occupied, and still operating as an inn and tavern serving food and drink.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:38.754741-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/78003122.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75321866","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chase_Mills_Inn","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5087167"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/st-lawrence-county/chase-mills-inn-78003122/"}