{"nrhp_refnum":"84000276","name":"Court Street Bridge","other_names":[],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"Court St. at Genesee River","address_restricted":false,"city":"Rochester","county":"Monroe County","state":"NY","lat":43.15345671400007,"lon":-77.60925978899996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-10-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Engineering","Transportation"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A six-arch stone bridge carrying Court Street over the Genesee River in downtown Rochester, Monroe County, New York, built in 1893 to a design by J.Y. McClintock.","why_significant":"The bridge is one of four historic crossings linking the two river banks of Rochester's central business district, which drew the city together and supported downtown commercial growth. It is one of two similar round-arch stone bridges built in 1893 at a time when steel construction had largely replaced this method. Its design may have been meant to echo the mid-nineteenth century aqueduct and bridges nearby.","narrative":"Court Street Bridge carries Court Street across the Genesee River in the heart of Rochester. Completed in 1893 to a design by J.Y. McClintock, a city surveyor and civil engineer, it replaced an earlier bridge of 1858 and cost $150,000. Six segmental arches, each spanning 52 feet, rest on piers six feet thick. Quarry-faced stone, probably sandstone, forms the arches and spandrel facing, with cheaper rubble behind. A 1976 engineering survey called it a transitional form. Later changes include a reinforced concrete roadway in place of paved stone and a new iron handrail. The bridge is one of four historic links between the two sides of the downtown core, along with the Erie Canal Aqueduct and two other stone arch bridges. Together they tied the city's center together and encouraged commercial growth. Built when steel techniques had mostly displaced stone arches, it may deliberately echo the older nearby aqueduct and bridges.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Architect J.Y. McClintock; builders Lauer & Hagamen, Brayer & Albough","architectural_style":"Stone arch bridge (described in a 1976 survey as a \"transitional form\")","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed in good to excellent condition and still used as a bridge; the original paved stone roadway was replaced with reinforced concrete and the cast-iron handrail with the present iron railing. No threats are known.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:43.008749-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/84000276.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84000276/3c38db4594-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84000276/3c38db4594-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Matthew D. Wilson (LtPowers)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rochester_-_Court_Street_Bridge_panorama.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Matthew D. Wilson (LtPowers)</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:Rochester_-_Court_Street_Bridge_panorama.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75313662","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_Street_Bridge_(Genesee_River)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q971012"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/monroe-county/court-street-bridge-84000276/"}