{"nrhp_refnum":"84002818","name":"Skaneateles Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Jordan, Fennell, E. and W. Genesee Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Skaneateles","county":"Onondaga County","state":"NY","lat":42.95297035000007,"lon":-76.42496998749331,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-05-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A central business and residential historic district in the village of Skaneateles, Onondaga County, New York, covering fifty-nine structures and a park along East Genesee and Jordan Streets, plus a stone mill on Fennell Street. Buildings date from about 1796 to 1928.","why_significant":"The district is noteworthy for its well-preserved collection of nineteenth-century buildings representing all phases of the village center's development. Its continuous 1836 row of Greek Revival brick commercial buildings, built after the 1835 fire, anchors the commercial area. Together with Federal-era houses, Victorian-era civic buildings and an 1842 stone mill, it reflects the village's role as a mercantile and manufacturing center.","narrative":"Skaneateles Historic District is the central business district and adjoining residential neighborhood of a lakeside village in Onondaga County, New York. It includes fifty-nine structures and a park along East Genesee Street, the adjacent block of Jordan Street, and an 1842 stone mill on Fennell Street. The west half is dominated by a continuous row of seventeen three- and four-story Greek Revival brick commercial buildings, erected in 1836 on the site of the earlier business center destroyed by fire in 1835. Across the street stand later shops, a bank with a clock tower, and a Romanesque Revival library of 1887. The east half holds early nineteenth-century houses, including several Federal-style homes, two masonry churches from 1873 and 1890, and Thayer-Austin Park, a former private garden given to the village in 1922. The district was listed for its well-preserved collection of buildings spanning 1796 to 1928, which together show how the village grew as a mercantile and manufacturing center.","period_of_significance":"1796-1928","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Federal and Greek Revival with Italianate modifications, plus Second Empire, Romanesque Revival, Queen Anne, Shingle and Modernistic examples","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as well preserved and well maintained; the district is occupied, with commercial, residential, religious, park and library uses. Five buildings are non-contributing.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:42.974056-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/84002818.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002818/c42d772248-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002818/c42d772248-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Beyond My Ken","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:28_-_42_East_Genesee_Street_Skaneateles.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Beyond My Ken</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:28_-_42_East_Genesee_Street_Skaneateles.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75320435","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skaneateles_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7533926"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/onondaga-county/skaneateles-historic-district-84002818/"}