{"nrhp_refnum":"82003343","name":"Mansion Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Park Ave., Pearl, Eagle, and Hamilton Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Albany","county":"Albany County","state":"NY","lat":42.64569880050004,"lon":-73.75849009096001,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-09-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A sixteen-block residential historic district in southeastern Albany, New York, on a hill above the Hudson River flood plain, containing about 475 structures and outbuildings, mostly built from the 1820s through the 1870s.","why_significant":"The surviving text describes a neighborhood that grew in phases from the early 19th century, with planned row-house development in the 1830s through 1850s and infill in the 1860s and 1870s. It holds many Italianate brick and frame rows, along with unique Gothic-style buildings in Albany. The statement of significance is not included in the truncated text, so the full argument is not available.","narrative":"Mansion Historic District occupies sixteen blocks on a hill in southeastern Albany, set between two ravines that were filled and graded in the mid-nineteenth century. About 475 buildings and outbuildings remain, mainly houses, with shops along South Pearl Street and Madison Avenue, two churches, schools and three small parks on Philip Street. South Pearl and Grand Streets date to the 18th century, Madison Avenue to the early 19th century, and Trinity Place to 1836. Development came in stages: scattered building from 1820 to 1835, planned rows from the late 1830s, a surge in the 1850s that turned open land into a compact neighborhood, and infill in the 1860s and 1870s. Italianate brick and frame rows dominate, and several Gothic-style buildings on one street are described as unique in Albany. Construction of the Empire State Plaza, demolition in nearby areas and public housing has left the district physically isolated.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"George Martin, carpenter-contractor (named for individual buildings on Myrtle Avenue)","architectural_style":"Predominantly Italianate row houses, with some Gothic buildings","criteria":[],"status_note":"Mixed condition and use: mostly residential with some commercial, institutional and religious uses; one school and one church are closed; many properties are held by the county for tax delinquency.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:42.434079-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/82003343.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82003343/812bff26c4-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82003343/812bff26c4-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Daniel Case","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Houses_on_Grand_and_Madison_streets,_Albany,_NY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniel Case</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:Houses_on_Grand_and_Madison_streets,_Albany,_NY.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75316269","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mansion_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q177748"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/albany-county/mansion-historic-district-82003343/"}