{"nrhp_refnum":"82001232","name":"Gilbertsville Historic District (Boundary Increase)","other_names":["See Also:Gilbertsville Historic District"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by incorporated village boundary","address_restricted":false,"city":"Gilbertsville","county":"Otsego County","state":"NY","lat":42.468874581500046,"lon":-75.32528541131339,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-11-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic district covering the entire incorporated village of Gilbertsville, Otsego County, New York, plus five nearby properties just outside the village limits. The amended boundary adds about 114 properties to the district first listed in 1974.","why_significant":"The nomination presents Gilbertsville as one of the most beautiful and historically intact villages in Otsego County. It cites the high quality and integrity of its architecture and landscape design, a park-like setting, and a wide range of building types from about 1800 through the 1930s, including works by well-known architects.","narrative":"Gilbertsville is a small village in the Butternut Creek valley of Otsego County, New York, and the whole incorporated village forms a historic district. The amended boundary follows the 1895 village line and adds five outside properties: an industrial building now used for local government and four houses on Marion Avenue. Modest wood-frame houses predominate, with commercial buildings on Commercial Street and Marion Avenue. The village holds 43 Greek Revival and 21 Italianate houses, all restrained in form but carefully detailed. Notable buildings include the 1832 Presbyterian church, now the Grange Hall, the 1818 stone academy building later converted to a library, the 1840 Gilbertsville Academy, and the neo-Tudor Major's Inn and Gilbert Block. Several houses were remodeled by architects such as Fuller and Wheeler and Marcus T. Reynolds. Streets, small parks, shade trees and open land give the village a park-like character, and new construction has not seriously compromised it. These qualities and the high integrity of its buildings account for the listing.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Fuller and Wheeler (Albany) and Marcus T. Reynolds (Stony Ledge); Eames and Young of St. Louis (library interior); Asher Benjamin (design source for the 1832 church tower)","architectural_style":"Predominantly vernacular wood-frame buildings in Federal, Greek Revival, Italianate, Gothic Revival, Queen Anne and Colonial Revival styles","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as well maintained with a high degree of integrity; the district is occupied, with mostly residential use plus commercial, educational, religious and government uses.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:43.001974-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/82001232.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"74001293","name":"Gilbertsville Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/gilbertsville-historic-district-74001293/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75320940","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/otsego-county/gilbertsville-historic-district-boundary-increase-82001232/"}