{"nrhp_refnum":"84002827","name":"Brigham Hall","other_names":["Grove Home"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"229 Bristol St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Canandaigua","county":"Ontario County","state":"NY","lat":42.87902615650006,"lon":-77.29049643335964,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-09-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A complex of ten contributing buildings on a sixteen-acre landscaped knoll overlooking Canandaigua Lake at 229 Bristol Street, Canandaigua, New York. The Gothic Revival main building dates from about 1855, with wings of about 1859 and outbuildings added through the 1920s.","why_significant":"The complex is significant for its link to mid-nineteenth-century humanitarian ideas about caring for the mentally ill, as a typical small, privately endowed asylum set in picturesque grounds. Its main building is a distinctive example of Gothic Revival architecture with asymmetry, steep multi-gabled roofs, bargeboards and Gothic-arched windows.","narrative":"Brigham Hall is a former private asylum for the mentally ill on a sixteen-acre knoll above Canandaigua Lake. Founded in 1855 by Dr. George Cook, his brother Dr. Robert Cook, and William G. Wayne, it was named for Dr. Amariah Brigham, first superintendent of the Utica asylum. The fieldstone central section of about 1855 is flanked by brick wings of about 1859, all in the Gothic Revival style, with steep multi-gabled roofs, decorated eaves and Gothic-arched windows. Around it are outbuildings from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, including Heritage House, occupational therapy units, a paint shop, a gazebo and a recreation building. The landscaped grounds were meant to aid patients' recovery. The facility operated as an asylum for over a century, became a nursing home called Grove Home, and closed in 1979 before conversion to private residences. A heavily altered greenhouse and two garages are non-contributing.","period_of_significance":"1855-1924","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Gothic Revival (main building); Tudor Revival and Stick style features on some other structures","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Brigham Hall later became a nursing home called Grove Home, which closed in 1979; the complex was then converted to private residential units. Condition is listed as good, with no known threats.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:41.337847-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/84002827.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002827/719b371869-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002827/719b371869-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Lvklock","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Canandaigua_012_Brigham_Hall.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Lvklock</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:Canandaigua_012_Brigham_Hall.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75314127","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigham_Hall","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4967301"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/ontario-county/brigham-hall-84002827/"}