{"nrhp_refnum":"82001268","name":"Union Street Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Union St. from Hudson River to Phoenix Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Schenectady","county":"Schenectady County","state":"NY","lat":42.81158254800005,"lon":-73.92330602497665,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-11-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic district of about ninety mostly 19th- and early 20th-century buildings along both sides of lower Union Street in northeast Schenectady, New York, running from Broadway eastward up Union Street Hill toward University Place.","why_significant":"The surviving text does not include the Statement of Significance, so the formal argument for significance is not stated. The description shows a largely intact streetscape of residential, commercial and institutional buildings from the 1850s to the early 1900s, with only four modern intrusions. It includes varied styles such as Greek Revival, Italianate, Second Empire, Queen Anne, Stick Style, Dutch Revival and Chateauesque.","narrative":"Union Street Historic District covers both sides of lower Union Street in northeast Schenectady, climbing Union Street Hill from Broadway east toward University Place. About ninety structures line the street, nearly all dating from the 1850s to the early 1900s, with only four modern intrusions. Most buildings are detached, and those on the north side stand back at least twenty feet from the street. The area is mainly residential, with a small commercial center at the western end, and Union College forms the northern edge for a quarter mile. The buildings show a wide range of styles, including Greek Revival houses, an Italianate brick residence, a Second Empire mansion with a mansard roof, Queen Anne and Stick Style houses, a Chateauesque men's club, and Dutch Revival commercial blocks. Institutions include St. John's Roman Catholic Church, with a central tower 230 feet high, a former German Methodist church, a former police station and a boys' club. Together they preserve a cohesive streetscape of Schenectady's growth.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Andrew Kinum (builder of 402 Union Street, 1893)","architectural_style":"Mixed 19th- and early 20th-century styles including Greek Revival, Italianate, Second Empire, Queen Anne, Stick Style, Gothic Revival, Romanesque Revival, Dutch Revival, Colonial Revival and Chateauesque","criteria":[],"status_note":"Classified as occupied, in good condition and altered. Most buildings are in use as residences, offices, shops or institutions, though a few, such as 414, 417, 525-527 and 605, are noted as vacant.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:41.515636-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/82001268.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001268/a8d6e973b9-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001268/a8d6e973b9-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Daniel Case","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Houses_on_Union_Street,_Schenectady,_NY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniel Case</a>, <a href=\"https://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:Houses_on_Union_Street,_Schenectady,_NY.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75321709","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Street_Historic_District_(Schenectady,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7886140"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/schenectady-county/union-street-historic-district-82001268/"}