{"nrhp_refnum":"80002625","name":"Brownville Hotel","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Brown Blvd. and W. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Brownville","county":"Jefferson County","state":"NY","lat":44.002875077000056,"lon":-75.98352267299998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-11-19","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story limestone hotel built about 1820 at the corner of Brown Boulevard and West Main Street in the village of Brownville, Jefferson County, New York. It is one of five buildings in the Stone Houses of Brownville thematic group.","why_significant":"The hotel is described as an uncommon surviving example of the vernacular commercial stone buildings once common in the region. It was a conspicuous local landmark at the village crossroads, and its long continuity of use adds to its local significance. It is one of the few substantially unaltered limestone structures in the village and reflects St. Lawrence region limestone building practice.","narrative":"Built around 1820 of native limestone, the Brownville Hotel is a three-story square block under a hip roof at the crossroads of Brown Boulevard and West Main Street in Brownville. Its walls are broken-faced coursed ashlar, with double-hung sash windows set under stone lintels and above stone sills. Interior chimneys are placed symmetrically on the north and south elevations, and a gabled porch shelters the east entrance facing Brown Boulevard. A former entrance on the Main Street side has been closed. The building was listed as part of a group of five limestone structures that show early nineteenth-century building practice in the St. Lawrence region. It is considered an uncommon survivor of the plain commercial stone buildings once common in the area, and its long continuity of use and prominent corner position make it a local visual landmark. The description records that it has been converted to apartments and is in poor condition and in need of repair.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Vernacular commercial stone building","criteria":[],"status_note":"Description says it has been converted into apartments, is privately owned, and is in poor condition needing repair; the significance section says it continues in its original commercial use.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:43.496554-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/80002625.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75313178","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brownville_Hotel","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4976827"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/jefferson-county/brownville-hotel-80002625/"}