{"nrhp_refnum":"84003420","name":"Three Squares Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly South, Glen, Maple, and Ridge Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Glens Falls","county":"Warren County","state":"NY","lat":43.30938437100005,"lon":-73.63345902681326,"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 23-acre commercial and civic historic district in the center of Glens Falls, Warren County, New York, on a plateau above the Hudson River. It holds 93 structures, mostly brick buildings of two to five stories built between 1902 and 1930.","why_significant":"The district is both the historic and present commercial center of Glens Falls. Fires in 1864 and 1902 destroyed much of the earlier business district, so most surviving buildings date from the rebuilding after 1902. It contains notable examples of late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century \"American Renaissance\" styles and retains considerable integrity of design and materials.","narrative":"Three Squares Historic District covers 23 acres at the commercial heart of Glens Falls, New York, on a plateau above the Hudson River. It is organized around Glen Street and South Street and takes its name from three focal points: Fountain Square, Union Square and Monument Square. City Park, a landscaped one-block open space, lies near the center. The district holds 93 commercial and civic structures, 77 of which contribute to its character. Most are brick buildings of two to five stories, built mainly between 1902 and 1930 after devastating fires in 1864 and 1902 destroyed much of the earlier business district. Styles of the American Renaissance dominate, including Italianate, Romanesque, Queen Anne, Beaux-Arts, Neoclassical and Colonial Revival. Notable buildings include the Cowles block of 1865, the Rogers Building of 1926-27, the Beaux-Arts Saunders Building of 1907, the Empire Theatre of 1899 and City Hall of 1900. Urban renewal clearance in the 1960s removed part of the business district, but the remaining area keeps strong integrity of design and materials.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Various, including Ephraim B. Potter, Marcus D. Reynolds, Fuller and Pitcher, J.B. McElphattrick, S. Gifford Slocum, Mobray and Offinger, and Charles Platt","architectural_style":"American Renaissance styles: Italianate, Romanesque, Queen Anne, Beaux-Arts, Neoclassical and Colonial Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Of 93 structures, 77 contribute and 16 to 17 are non-contributing because they are less than fifty years old or have been heavily altered. Urban renewal demolition in the 1960s cleared land near Glen and Warren Streets, which is excluded from the district.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:42.918526-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/84003420.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84003420/f91a763ca4-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84003420/f91a763ca4-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Doug Kerr from Upstate New York","credit_html":"Doug Kerr from Upstate New York, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Glens_Falls_NY_City_Hall_Aug_09.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75315405","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Squares_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7797836"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/warren-county/three-squares-historic-district-84003420/"}