{"nrhp_refnum":"82003392","name":"Genesee Street Hill-Limestone Plaza Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly both sides of Genesee St., from Chapel St. to Limestone Plaza","address_restricted":false,"city":"Fayetteville","county":"Onondaga County","state":"NY","lat":43.029585217500056,"lon":-76.00965779258664,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-07-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic district of 42 buildings on both sides of East Genesee Street, Academy Street, Brooklea Drive and Limestone Plaza in the village of Fayetteville, Onondaga County, New York, mostly built between 1820 and 1885.","why_significant":"The district is presented as a significant collection of mid-nineteenth century buildings produced by the prosperity the Erie Canal brought to Fayetteville. Federal, Greek Revival, Gothic Revival and Italianate buildings share a cohesive scale and materials. The homes and small commercial area remain largely intact despite development pressure from Syracuse. It is also linked to figures such as Grover Cleveland and Matilda Joslyn Gage.","narrative":"Fayetteville's historic core is a district of 42 buildings along East Genesee Street and around Limestone Plaza, Academy Street and Brooklea Drive. Most date from 1820 to 1885, when the nearby Erie Canal brought prosperity to the village. Brick commercial blocks stand near Limestone Creek, while houses line the hill up to two churches at the eastern edge. The houses show Federal, Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, Italianate, Stick and Colonial Revival styles, yet share a similar scale, setback and materials. Many began as small 1½-story homes that were later enlarged or remodeled. The district has ties to several people: Grover Cleveland lived in a Greek Revival parsonage on Academy Street and worked in a Limestone Plaza store, and Matilda Joslyn Gage's home on East Genesee Street was a center of abolitionist and suffrage activity. Only two modern buildings from the 1960s intrude, and the district retains a notable visual unity.","period_of_significance":"1820-1885","architect_builder":"various","architectural_style":"Federal, Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, Italianate, Romanesque Revival, Stick and Colonial Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition marked excellent/good, both unaltered and altered; occupied, used for commercial, private residence and religious purposes. Two 1960s intrusions are noted.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:41.508899-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/82003392.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82003392/514043c15c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82003392/514043c15c-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Crazyale","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fayetteville_historic.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Crazyale</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:Fayetteville_historic.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75320347","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genesee_Street_Hill%E2%80%93Limestone_Plaza_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5532737"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/onondaga-county/genesee-street-hill-limestone-plaza-historic-district-82003392/"}