{"nrhp_refnum":"84002208","name":"Cincinnatus Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Main St. and Taylor Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cincinnatus","county":"Cortland County","state":"NY","lat":42.54249699500005,"lon":-75.90236127806097,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-09-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small residential and civic historic district on the west bank of the Otselic River in the hamlet of Cincinnatus, Cortland County, New York, at Main Street and Taylor Avenue. It has 14 properties dating from about 1830 to 1930.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is an unusually well-preserved enclave showing the hamlet's growth between 1830 and 1930. It contains a Federal-style church, a Neo-Georgian library and modest vernacular houses showing the range of styles in Central New York. Its cohesion of scale, materials and setbacks, and the absence of modern intrusions, set it apart from the rest of the hamlet.","narrative":"Cincinnatus Historic District occupies a small residential neighborhood on the west bank of the Otselic River, at Main Street and Taylor Avenue. It includes 14 properties: a former Congregational church, a public library, 12 residences and many carriage barns, garages and sheds. Buildings date from about 1830 to 1930 and are almost all vernacular wood-frame structures. The earliest, from the 1830s, show Federal details with hints of Greek Revival. Later houses reflect Carpenter Gothic, Italianate and Queen Anne influences. The 1831 church, now Heritage Hall, is the key building, and the brick and limestone Kellogg Free Library of 1930, designed by Carl W. Clark, is a Neo-Georgian addition. The district was settled in the early 1790s Military Tract era, and its houses reflect later dairy-related prosperity and the 1898 arrival of a railroad branch. Economic decline after the 1930s left this area free of modern intrusions, so the group is the largest intact collection of historic buildings in the hamlet.","period_of_significance":"c. 1830-1930","architect_builder":"Carl W. Clark of Cortland and Syracuse (Kellogg Free Library); Judge Oliver Kingman (Kingman-Pryor residence)","architectural_style":"Federal and Federal-Greek Revival transitional, Carpenter Gothic, Italianate, Queen Anne, Neo-Georgian; mostly vernacular","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as well preserved and largely unaltered; the former church is now Heritage Hall, and most buildings are occupied, mainly as private residences.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:43.465151-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/84002208.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002208/54187265ac-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002208/54187265ac-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Jerrye &amp; Roy Klotz, MD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CINCINNATUS_HISTORIC_DISTRICT,_COURTLAND_COUNTY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jerrye &amp;amp; Roy Klotz, MD</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:CINCINNATUS_HISTORIC_DISTRICT,_COURTLAND_COUNTY.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75317131","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cincinnatus_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5120361"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/cortland-county/cincinnatus-historic-district-84002208/"}