{"nrhp_refnum":"81000409","name":"North Bloomfield School","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"7840 Martin Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"North Bloomfield","county":"Livingston County","state":"NY","lat":42.93760212400008,"lon":-77.57830298999994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1981-05-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Religion","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story painted common-brick Federal style meeting house at 7840 Martin Road in North Bloomfield, Livingston County, New York, built 1827-1829 by the First Universalist Society of Lima and later used as a school.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is the only remaining building from North Bloomfield's early history and the only surviving public building of a once prosperous nineteenth-century mill community. It is also described as the oldest and longest continually used school structure in the area. Architecturally, it is a distinctive and rare example of a late Federal style meeting house in western New York.","narrative":"Built between 1827 and 1829 by the First Universalist Society of Lima, this two-story brick building on Martin Road in North Bloomfield was first a meeting house for worship and social gatherings. Local men made the bricks on site, and Benjamin H. House did the carpentry. From 1842 a school district rented the building for classes, and in 1848 a larger district bought the first floor. The interior was divided into two levels, and a stage and Italianate bell cupola were added around mid-century. The church used the second floor until it built a new church next door in 1872; the upper floor then served as a public hall. Classes continued until 1949, the school closed in 1951, and the building has since been used for storage. It is the only remaining public building from a former milling community and is considered a rare late Federal style meeting house in western New York.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Carpentry by Benjamin H. House; bricks made on site by Messrs. Chambers, Burton, and Bond","architectural_style":"Federal style meeting house, with a mid-century Italianate cupola/bell tower","criteria":[],"status_note":"Closed as a school in 1951 and since used as a storage facility; the form's classification checks it as occupied and public, with educational use.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:42.834008-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/81000409.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75318682","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Bloomfield_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7054209"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/livingston-county/north-bloomfield-school-81000409/"}