{"nrhp_refnum":"82001096","name":"Earlville Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Fayette, N., S., E., and W. Main Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Earlville","county":"Chenango County","state":"NY","lat":42.74118161700005,"lon":-75.54530464042134,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-10-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic district of about 165 properties forming the historic center of the village of Earlville, straddling Chenango and Madison counties, New York, along Main, Fayette and Cushman streets. Most buildings date from 1880-1920.","why_significant":"The district preserves the commercial core rebuilt after a series of 1880s fires, together with surrounding residential streets. It shows a high degree of architectural integrity, with eclectic late nineteenth-century designs predominating alongside earlier Federal and Greek Revival houses. Its development was shaped by the turnpikes and the Chenango Canal, which led to the village's name and to the location of its business center.","narrative":"Earlville's historic district covers roughly 165 properties at the heart of a village that sits on the line between Chenango and Madison counties in New York. The center line of Main Street marks the county boundary. The commercial core, a group of two-story brick blocks, was rebuilt in the 1880s after a series of disastrous fires, and includes the Opera House and Douglass Block, the Second Empire Odd Fellows Hall and three surviving churches. Surrounding streets hold mostly wood-frame houses, with Federal and Greek Revival homes at the edges and Italianate, Queen Anne, Second Empire and locally named Stafford houses from the late nineteenth century. Slate sidewalks, shade trees and original carriage houses add to the setting. The village grew along the early turnpikes and then the Chenango Canal, completed in 1836, after which it took its name from canal commissioner Jonas Earl. Few modern intrusions exist, and the boundary excludes most altered buildings.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Variety of styles, predominantly eclectic late nineteenth-century (Italianate, Second Empire, Queen Anne, Victorian Gothic), with Federal and Greek Revival examples","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as having a high degree of integrity, with six non-contributing buildings and very little new construction since the early twentieth century.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:42.403369-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/82001096.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001096/5d587de907-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001096/5d587de907-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Doug Kerr from Upstate New York","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Earlville_Historic_District_May_09.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Doug Kerr from Upstate New York</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Earlville_Historic_District_May_09.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75316864","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earlville_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5326556"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/chenango-county/earlville-historic-district-82001096/"}