{"nrhp_refnum":"79003172","name":"West Stockholm Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"W. Stockholm and Livingston Rds.","address_restricted":false,"city":"West Stockholm","county":"St. Lawrence County","state":"NY","lat":44.71335353550006,"lon":-74.90122409285003,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-11-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Commerce","Historic - Non-Aboriginal","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic district of about 30 acres covering the nineteenth-century center of West Stockholm (formerly Bicknellsville), a hamlet on the West Branch of the St. Regis River in St. Lawrence County, New York. It has 28 buildings and former mill sites, dating from 1815 to 1900.","why_significant":"The nomination presents West Stockholm as a typical north country crossroads community of the nineteenth century that has survived largely intact. Water power from a falls on the river drew mills and small factories, which supported the surrounding houses, shops and public buildings. The buildings show the development of vernacular North Country architecture, from sandstone houses to modest frame and brick dwellings.","narrative":"West Stockholm, once called Bicknellsville, is a hamlet on the West Branch of the St. Regis River about six miles east of Potsdam. Amos Bicknell of Vermont settled the site in 1811 and built a house and a combined grist and saw mill. Water power from the falls drew a woolen mill, foundry, tub factories, a starch factory, carriage shops and general stores. Their sites lie within the district, and a dam survives. The 28 buildings include a Greek Revival Methodist church built in 1840, a school built in 1876, two stores, a former blacksmith shop and many houses. The two oldest houses are of locally quarried Potsdam sandstone, built by the Bicknell family before 1815. Later dwellings in frame and brick reflect the tradesmen and entrepreneurs who worked in the village. Federal, Greek Revival, Italianate and Second Empire styles appear in vernacular forms. The district was listed because the hamlet's center remains remarkably intact, with one modern house as the only non-contributing building.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Vernacular adaptations of Federal, Greek Revival, Italianate and Second Empire styles","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied; condition marked good to fair, with some alterations. The mill buildings are no longer standing, though a dam remains.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:38.805405-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/79003172.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75321953","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Stockholm_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7986587"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/st-lawrence-county/west-stockholm-historic-district-79003172/"}