{"nrhp_refnum":"84000402","name":"State Street Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"109-173 State St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Rochester","county":"Monroe County","state":"NY","lat":43.15764540400005,"lon":-77.61509592999994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-10-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A continuous row of twelve masonry commercial buildings on the west side of State Street in the northern part of Rochester's downtown Inner-Loop, in Monroe County, New York. The buildings date from about 1825 to the early twentieth century and the district covers 1.2 acres.","why_significant":"The district is the last surviving continuous row of nineteenth-century commercial buildings within Rochester's Inner-Loop. It is the only remaining row from the city's nineteenth-century State Street and Front Street wholesale and market area. Urban renewal and modern construction removed nearly all comparable rows. The buildings share a vernacular brick commercial style, with distinctive examples including a Federal style building and an Eastlake stone building.","narrative":"Twelve masonry commercial buildings line the west side of State Street in downtown Rochester, forming the last unbroken row of nineteenth-century commercial architecture inside the city's Inner-Loop. Built between about 1825 and the early twentieth century, nearly all are four stories tall, and most share a vernacular brick design with corbelled cornices and sandstone and limestone trim. The oldest is the two-story Palmer Fish building, a Federal style structure from about 1825. The northern end building, the 1878 Sayer Block, is the only stone-faced one and has rare Eastlake detailing. Number 169 keeps its original cast-iron Corinthian storefront. The row was once part of the State Street and Front Street wholesale and market area, home to seed dealers, carriage painters, liquor wholesalers and leather goods makers. Urban renewal after World War II cleared most similar rows, so this group is the main reminder of that commercial district. Storefronts have been altered, but the upper facades still read as a cohesive historic unit.","period_of_significance":"1825-1900","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Vernacular brick commercial; also Federal and Eastlake","criteria":[],"status_note":"The row was described as neglected over the years, and its storefronts are mostly modern. Two buildings (171-173 and 125-127 State) have been redeveloped for office and commercial space, and the city has targeted the area for facade subsidies and office redevelopment.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:43.272788-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/84000402.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84000402/450fa9df27-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84000402/450fa9df27-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Matthew D. Wilson (LtPowers)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rochester_-_State_Street_Historic_District.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_-_State_Street_Historic_District.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75313608","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Street_Historic_District_(Rochester,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7603557"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/monroe-county/state-street-historic-district-84000402/"}