{"nrhp_refnum":"83001666","name":"Keeseville Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Vine, Chesterfield, Clinton, Hill, Pleasant, Front, and Beech Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Keeseville","county":"Clinton County","state":"NY","lat":44.50499233000005,"lon":-73.48218754729479,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-05-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 76-acre historic district of 142 structures in the village of Keeseville, Clinton and Essex Counties, New York, on both sides of the Ausable River. Buildings date from 1820 to 1936 and include commercial, industrial, civic, religious and residential structures.","why_significant":"The district reflects Keeseville's growth as a significant center of Adirondack commerce and industry in the nineteenth century. It retains well-preserved industrial and commercial buildings, workers' houses, entrepreneurs' residences and two historic bridges. It is described as typifying the Adirondack water-powered mill community of 1820-1890, with work by local housewrights Seneca and Isaac Perry.","narrative":"Keeseville's historic district covers 76 acres on both banks of the Ausable River, which divides the village in two. A massive stone arch bridge of 1842 links the halves. The 142 structures, built between 1820 and 1936, include two-story frame, brick and stone homes, mills, shops, churches and civic buildings, with Main and Front Streets forming the commercial core. The district was recognized as a significant Adirondack center of nineteenth-century commerce and industry. Its buildings include the Ausable Horse Nail Company complex, once a major local employer, along with workers' cottages, stylish residences of manufacturers, and a steel suspension footbridge of 1888. Many designs in Classical, Gothic Revival and Italianate styles were the work of local housewrights Seneca and Isaac Perry, and many buildings use local river sandstone. Only eleven buildings are modern and non-contributing. Together they show the character of a water-powered mill community of the period 1820-1890.","period_of_significance":"1820-1890","architect_builder":"Seneca and Isaac Perry (local craftsmen/housewrights); Silas Arnold (stone arch bridge designer); Berlin Iron Bridge Company (suspension footbridge)","architectural_style":"Classical, Gothic Revival and Italianate, plus vernacular structures built of local river sandstone","criteria":[],"status_note":"Only eleven of the 142 buildings are non-contributing; several modern ones occupy sites of commercial buildings lost to fires.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:42.627399-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/83001666.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001666/248fe2906a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001666/248fe2906a-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Mwanner","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Richard_Keese_III_House,_Keeseville,_NY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Mwanner</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:Richard_Keese_III_House,_Keeseville,_NY.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75312311","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keeseville_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6383329"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/clinton-county/keeseville-historic-district-83001666/"}