{"nrhp_refnum":"80000359","name":"Bloomer, Amelia, House","other_names":["See Also:Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"53 E. Bayard St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Seneca Falls","county":"Seneca County","state":"NY","lat":42.90969320900007,"lon":-76.79054057499997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-08-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Social History"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-part residence at 53 East Bayard Street in Seneca Falls, Seneca County, New York, with a Greek Revival section built about 1835 and a larger two-story Italianate addition from about 1850.","why_significant":"It was nominated as the home of Amelia Bloomer, a temperance advocate, newspaper editor, women's rights leader and dress reform advocate, as part of the Women's Rights Historic Sites thematic group. A 1986 memorandum later states that documentation shows no evidence linking Dexter and Amelia Bloomer to the house. It was not removed because the listing could not be reversed unless its qualities were lost. The 1850 addition is credited to the Latham Brothers, local builders.","narrative":"This house at 53 East Bayard Street in Seneca Falls began as a one-and-a-half-story Greek Revival residence on a cut limestone foundation, built around 1835. About 1850 a large two-story Italianate addition was added by the Latham Brothers, a well-known local family of builders, architects and contractors. Details include original six-over-six windows, delicate bracketing under the eaves and around the cupola, wide board floors, and an expansive front porch. It was listed as the home of Amelia Bloomer, a temperance advocate, newspaper editor, women's rights leader and exponent of dress reform, as one of several Seneca Falls and Waterloo sites tied to the women's rights movement. It was also reputed to have been a stop on the Underground Railroad. A 1986 federal memorandum later concluded that no evidence linked Dexter and Amelia Bloomer to the house, though it remained listed. The interior was divided into apartments around 1945.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Latham Brother Builders & Contractors (for the ca. 1850 section)","architectural_style":"Greek Revival (original section); Italianate (ca. 1850 addition)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Inventory form (1978) lists use as multiple residences, with condition marked deteriorated; interior was divided into apartments about 1945.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:42.604956-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/80000359.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80000359/9e4c2ec9ae-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80000359/9e4c2ec9ae-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Kenneth C. Zirkel","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Amelia_Bloomer_House_Seneca_Falls_NY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Kenneth C. Zirkel</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:Amelia_Bloomer_House_Seneca_Falls_NY.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75314654","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amelia_Bloomer_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4742231"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/seneca-county/bloomer-amelia-house-80000359/"}