{"nrhp_refnum":"84002736","name":"Pittsford Village Historic District","other_names":["See Also:Phoenix Building"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by the Canal, Jefferson Ave., Sutherland, and South Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Pittsford","county":"Monroe County","state":"NY","lat":43.08893859950004,"lon":-77.51840026215783,"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 predominantly residential historic district of about 57 acres in the village of Pittsford, Monroe County, New York, just southeast of Rochester. It includes 131 properties built from the 1810s to the 1930s, surrounding the excluded central business district.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the district is an architecturally significant concentration of residential buildings, with the village's best examples of Federal, Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, Italianate, Queen Anne, Eastlake and Colonial Revival styles. The quality of craftsmanship reflects Pittsford's prosperity, first as a canal-side commercial center on the Erie Canal and later as a bedroom community for Rochester.","narrative":"Pittsford Village Historic District covers roughly 57 acres of mostly residential streets in a village just southeast of Rochester, New York. It contains 131 properties, including about 120 contributing dwellings, three churches, two schools and many carriage houses and garages, dating from the 1810s to the 1930s. The busy Four Corners commercial center is excluded because alterations have erased its historic character. The buildings show a wide range of American styles, from Federal and Greek Revival to Queen Anne, Eastlake and Colonial Revival, mostly in wood but with notable early masonry examples, including a cobblestone schoolhouse. Monroe Avenue holds the most distinguished houses, while Church Street has the oldest concentration. The district matters for the quality of its architecture and for what it shows about the village's growth: first as a commercial center beside the Erie Canal, then as a comfortable residential suburb of Rochester.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1810-ca. 1930","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Federal, Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, Italianate, Queen Anne, Eastlake, Colonial Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition marked excellent to fair, with most properties occupied and used as private residences, churches, a museum and government buildings.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:43.406241-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/84002736.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002736/705ab557d5-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002736/705ab557d5-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Doug Kerr from Upstate New York","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pittsford_Town_Hall_Dec_09.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Doug Kerr from Upstate New York</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pittsford_Town_Hall_Dec_09.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"16000163","name":"Pittsford Village Historic District (Boundary Increase)","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/pittsford-village-historic-district-boundary-increase-16000163/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75318906","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittsford_Village_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7199500"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/monroe-county/pittsford-village-historic-district-84002736/"}