{"nrhp_refnum":"80002617","name":"Brick Row Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Off NY 385","address_restricted":false,"city":"Athens","county":"Greene County","state":"NY","lat":42.27756684000008,"lon":-73.79825632099994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-11-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A district of 27 brick Greek Revival rowhouses and one clapboard structure (32 Brick Row) in an isolated part of northern Athens, Greene County, New York, off the Athens-Coxsackie Road (Route 385). The rowhouses were built in 1864.","why_significant":"The rowhouses were built to house employees of the Saratoga and Hudson River Railroad and are the last remnants of that line in Athens. They recall the busy shipping era on the Hudson and the later ethnic working community, including many Italian immigrants, that grew up there. The architecture has been little altered since construction.","narrative":"Brick Row is a group of brick Greek Revival rowhouses, plus one clapboard building, in an isolated corner of northern Athens off Route 385. Built in 1864, the houses sheltered employees of the Saratoga and Hudson River Railroad, a line organized by Daniel Drew and Cornelius Vanderbilt that carried goods from Schenectady to the Athens docks for shipment down the Hudson. The railroad's success helped make Athens one of the busiest spots on the river in the 1860s. After a fire destroyed the terminal, dockyards and offices in 1876, the worker housing was all that remained of that community. Brick Row then became a community of its own, home to various ethnic groups, including many Italian immigrants who worked in local brickyards and icehouses. Number 32 was originally a tavern. The row is divided into a lower section of seventeen residences and an upper section of eleven. Apart from enclosed porches and three demolished houses, it has changed little, and immigrant families still live there.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Rowhouses are mostly in excellent condition; many front porches have been enclosed and three residences have been demolished. Still occupied as private residences.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:43.546256-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/80002617.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80002617/748c3a9191-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80002617/748c3a9191-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Peter Greenberg","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brick_Row_Historic_District_-_Athens_NY_02.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Peter Greenberg</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brick_Row_Historic_District_-_Athens_NY_02.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75313086","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brick_Row_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4965939"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/greene-county/brick-row-historic-district-80002617/"}