{"nrhp_refnum":"82003393","name":"Gillett, William J., House","other_names":["Trinity Exchange Shop Building"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"515 W. Onondaga St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Syracuse","county":"Onondaga County","state":"NY","lat":43.03949994300007,"lon":-76.15814524999996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-05-06","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Second Empire style brick-veneer house at 515 West Onondaga Street in Syracuse, New York, built in 1877 by William J. Gillett. It is now called the Trinity Exchange Shop Building and is owned by the adjacent Trinity Episcopal Church.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is an outstanding local builder's adaptation of the Second Empire style, ranking among the finest of its kind in Onondaga County. Its abundant wooden ornament reflects the mechanical capacity of Gillett's contracting and planing-mill business and the wealth it produced. The exterior has changed little and recalls the prosperity of a once-affluent neighborhood.","narrative":"Built in 1877 at 515 West Onondaga Street in Syracuse, this two-story house was the home of William J. Gillett, who co-owned a contracting and building firm with his brother-in-law William Dickison. The firm had its own planing and molding mill, and the house shows it: pressed brick veneer over a wood frame, a mansard roof with patterned polychromed slate and iron cresting, hooded dormers, carved double doors, and bracketed cornices. The nomination describes it as a local builder's version of the Second Empire style and ranks it among the finest of its kind in Onondaga County. Gillett died in 1903, and the house passed to his nephew Guy B. Dickison before leaving the family in 1918. It served as a private residence until Trinity Episcopal Church bought it in 1957. Today it houses a clothing exchange shop and several apartments. The interior has been altered, though the main staircase survives, and the exterior remains largely original.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899 (specific date 1877)","architect_builder":"William J. Gillett","architectural_style":"Second Empire","criteria":[],"status_note":"In use as a clothing exchange shop with several apartments; condition listed as fair, with the interior considerably altered and the exterior largely original.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:42.492637-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/82003393.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82003393/a19477dc4a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82003393/a19477dc4a-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Kenneth C. Zirkel","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:William_J._Gillett_Residence_front_view.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Kenneth C. Zirkel</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:William_J._Gillett_Residence_front_view.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75320351","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_J._Gillett_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14707790"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/onondaga-county/gillett-william-j-house-82003393/"}