{"nrhp_refnum":"84002856","name":"Canandaigua Historic District","other_names":["See Also:North Main Street Historic District","US Post Offices"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly Main St. from Chapel to Saltonstall Sts.; Howell, Gibson, Gorham, Bristol, Bemis and Center Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Canandaigua","county":"Ontario County","state":"NY","lat":42.89063583800004,"lon":-77.27997180476991,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-04-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic district covering the historic core of the city of Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York, with 354 properties (338 contributing) dating from the 1810s to the 1930s. It incorporates the earlier North Main Street Historic District and extends east and south of it.","why_significant":"The district contains the entire historic core of the city, with residential, commercial, religious and civic buildings that keep their architectural integrity. It shows a wide range of popular American styles from Federal to Art Moderne. The expanded boundary joins areas that share similar style, scale, materials and history with the earlier North Main Street district.","narrative":"Canandaigua's historic core is a district of 354 properties, 338 of them contributing, built between the 1810s and the 1930s. Atwater Park, a landscaped village green on North Main Street, is its focal point, with City Hall, the Post Office, the Ontario County Courthouse and the First Congregational Church nearby. North of the park lies a large neighborhood of middle and upper class homes, with North Main Street holding the most elaborate residences. Howell Street is known for Queen Anne and Eastlake houses, and Gibson Street for Federal mansions. South of the park are the business district, with two- and three-story attached masonry buildings mostly from the third quarter of the nineteenth century, and working class neighborhoods along Bristol and Center Streets. The district joins an earlier North Main Street historic district with adjoining areas that share its character. Its boundaries exclude areas of modern intrusion and heavily altered buildings, so it presents the city's historic core with consistent scale, materials and craftsmanship.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Wide range of styles including Federal, Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, Italianate, Italian Villa, Octagon, Queen Anne, Eastlake, Stick, Neoclassical, Colonial Revival, Commercial, International and Art Moderne","criteria":[],"status_note":"Sixteen of the 354 properties are listed as non-contributing; the rest retain sufficient integrity.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:41.916466-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/84002856.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002856/eef387918c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002856/eef387918c-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Daniel Case","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Historic_building_row_on_Main_Street,_Canandaigua,_NY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniel Case</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:Historic_building_row_on_Main_Street,_Canandaigua,_NY.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"16000345","name":"Canandaigua Historic District (Boundary Increase)","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/canandaigua-historic-district-boundary-increase-16000345/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75314103","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canandaigua_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5031115"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/ontario-county/canandaigua-historic-district-84002856/"}