{"nrhp_refnum":"83003893","name":"East Main Street Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"E. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Westfield","county":"Chautauqua County","state":"NY","lat":42.32644640000004,"lon":-79.56810731436633,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-12-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A residential historic district along East Main Street in the village of Westfield, Chautauqua County, New York, with twenty buildings and one cemetery on about 28 acres, mostly built between the mid-19th and early 20th centuries.","why_significant":"The district is significant for its largely intact architecture and landscape, which show a range of styles popular from the mid-19th to early 20th century with consistent scale and quality. It also reflects the residential growth of Westfield along an early stagecoach thoroughfare east of the commercial center.","narrative":"East Main Street Historic District is a residential area just east of Westfield's commercial center in Chautauqua County, New York. It holds twenty buildings and a cemetery across about 28 acres. Most buildings date from the mid-19th to early 20th century, and the styles include Italianate, Italian Villa, Gothic Revival, Second Empire, Colonial Revival, Neo-Georgian and Bungalow. Brick and clapboard houses with cupolas, brackets and cast-iron details anchor the corners, while early 20th century homes fill lots between them. The 1853 house at 189 East Main was designed by local architect-builder Elias Barger. Westfield Cemetery, purchased by the village in 1840, runs north to Academy Street along a maple-lined road. Main Street was an early stagecoach route and the site of the village's first commercial buildings. The district was listed for its intact architecture and landscape and its link to the village's growth. A later amendment added the Queen Anne style Storm House, built about 1896 and moved to 145 East Main Street in 2000.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Elias Barger, Westfield architect-builder, designed the Italian Villa style building at 189 East Main Street","architectural_style":"Italianate, Italian Villa, Gothic Revival, Second Empire, Colonial Revival, Neo-Georgian, Bungalow, with a later-added Queen Anne house","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"The 1983 description notes the buildings are mostly residences, with one converted to hospital offices. A later amendment adds the relocated Storm House (ca. 1896), listed with a current function of vacant.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:41.379428-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/83003893.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83003893/804c12d195-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83003893/804c12d195-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WestfieldNY_Cemetery.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">User:Magicpiano</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:WestfieldNY_Cemetery.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75312234","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Main_Street_Historic_District_(Westfield,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5328920"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/chautauqua-county/east-main-street-historic-district-83003893/"}