{"nrhp_refnum":"80002736","name":"Bridge Street Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Bridge St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Montgomery","county":"Orange County","state":"NY","lat":41.52881866200005,"lon":-74.23939760543928,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-11-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A district of about 13 acres in the Village of Montgomery, Orange County, New York, near the Wallkill River. It holds 27 numbered entries (the form counts twenty-eight buildings), mostly small Federal-period houses, along Elizabeth, Bridge, Clinton and Ward Streets.","why_significant":"The form describes it as the smaller and older of the village's two historic districts, set where the first development occurred near the river. Its significance rests on homogeneous streetscapes of small, mostly vernacular Federal-period homes. A staff review note calls it a residential grouping of small-scale vernacular 19th-century dwellings that retains integrity as a district.","narrative":"Bridge Street Historic District is a compact residential area of about 13 acres beside the Wallkill River in the Village of Montgomery, New York. It is the older and smaller of two districts nominated in the village, and it lies close to where the community first developed. Its 28 buildings include small Federal-period houses, most of them simple vernacular structures, along with a few Greek Revival homes and Victorian-era houses. Only two buildings were built for commerce, and the district also has one barn, a small hotel and two row houses. Notable buildings include the 1780 Isaac Jennings House, the 1792 Lindsay-Morrison House, home of the first mayor, and the Minnehaha Hotel of 1790. Many buildings have been altered with modern siding or windows, yet the streetscapes remain consistent in scale and character. The district was listed because it preserves the modest look of an early rural crossroads village, with its architecture reflecting several periods of the 19th century.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Abner Bookstaver is named as builder of Wade the Tinsmith's House (77 Ward Street); no architect is named for the district.","architectural_style":"Federal, Greek Revival and vernacular","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition is marked good and altered; many buildings have modern siding, windows or additions.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:43.33185-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/80002736.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80002736/3627ce92a9-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80002736/3627ce92a9-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Daniel Case at English Wikipedia","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bridge_Street,_Montgomery_NY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniel Case at English Wikipedia</a>, <a href=\"http://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:Bridge_Street,_Montgomery_NY.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75314157","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridge_Street_Historic_District_(Montgomery,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4966306"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/orange-county/bridge-street-historic-district-80002736/"}