{"nrhp_refnum":"84003328","name":"Fredella Avenue Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"15-21R Fredella Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Glens Falls","county":"Warren County","state":"NY","lat":43.308956857000055,"lon":-73.63916950199996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-09-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small residential historic district of eight concrete block houses (15-21R Fredella Avenue) on a short, steep street in Glens Falls, Warren County, New York, built between 1914 and 1918 by local builder Joseph J. Fredella.","why_significant":"The district is a cluster of speculative housing showing innovative use of molded concrete architectural elements, including Neoclassical decorative details cast in iron molds. Fredella's ornate concrete technology did not become widespread in Glens Falls, so the houses are rare examples of sophisticated vernacular residential design from the early twentieth century. They are also a significant concentration of such structures in the city.","narrative":"Fredella Avenue in Glens Falls is a short, steeply inclined street lined with eight closely spaced concrete houses, set in an area surrounded by heavy industry. Local builder Joseph J. Fredella, an Italian mason who immigrated in 1901, built them between 1914 and 1918 as speculative housing for Italian immigrant families working in nearby stone quarries. The street was then called Lime Street. Walls of molded concrete block imitate ashlar stone, and cast concrete trim includes quoins, friezes, modillions and fluted porch columns with classical capitals. Most houses have two-story porches; one house has three stories, and one has been covered with aluminum siding over its concrete walls. The district is significant because it shows how an inexpensive, novel material could produce stylish Neoclassical detail. Fredella's technique never gained wide popularity after his death in 1930, which makes these houses a rare and notable group of working-class early twentieth-century housing in the city.","period_of_significance":"1914-1918","architect_builder":"Joseph J. Fredella (builder)","architectural_style":"Neoclassical decorative elements in molded concrete block construction","criteria":[],"status_note":null,"vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:43.205381-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/84003328.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84003328/b3d039724e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84003328/b3d039724e-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Kenneth C. Zirkel","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fredella_Avenue_Historic_District.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Kenneth C. Zirkel</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:Fredella_Avenue_Historic_District.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75315324","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fredella_Avenue_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5496950"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/warren-county/fredella-avenue-historic-district-84003328/"}