{"nrhp_refnum":"84003367","name":"Little, Russell M., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"17 Center St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Glens Falls","county":"Warren County","state":"NY","lat":43.310809264000056,"lon":-73.62840039199995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-09-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story frame residence at 17 Center Street in Glens Falls, Warren County, New York, built about 1876 on a site where an 1839 structure had stood and was significantly altered and rebuilt.","why_significant":"It is presented as the most intact example of elaborate, eclectic residential design left in Glens Falls from the post-Civil War period, with Italianate and carpenter Gothic features made possible by the scroll saw and local lumber. It was also the home of Russell M. Little, a prominent businessman and civic leader who founded the Glens Falls Insurance Company.","narrative":"Built about 1876 at 17 Center Street in Glens Falls, this two-story, three-bay frame house has a gabled slate roof and clapboard siding. Its eclectic design combines Italianate and carpenter Gothic details, including sawed gable ornament, scroll-sawed fretwork above tall windows, paired round-arched attic windows, and a one-story entrance portico with double glass and wood panel doors under a segmental-arched transom. Two corbeled brick chimneys rise from the interior. An earlier structure from 1839 was significantly altered and rebuilt to form the present house. The ornament reflects the scroll saw and the abundant lumber from local planing mills. The house is regarded as the most intact example of elaborate post-Civil War residential design in the city. It was the home of Russell M. Little, who founded the Glens Falls Insurance Company in 1849, served as its fourth president in 1866, and guided its international success until his death in 1891. A Victorian wrought iron fence and garden survive on the lot.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Eclectic, with Italianate and carpenter Gothic features","criteria":[],"status_note":"Used as a residence, both originally and at the time of the inventory; a modern four-bay garage on the property is 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 02:50:42.744645-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/84003367.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84003367/7a67606f0b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84003367/7a67606f0b-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Kenneth C. Zirkel","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Russel_M._Little_House_front_view.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:Russel_M._Little_House_front_view.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75315357","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_M._Little_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7381660"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/warren-county/little-russell-m-house-84003367/"}