{"nrhp_refnum":"84003422","name":"Wait, F. W., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"173-175 Ridge St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Glens Falls","county":"Warren County","state":"NY","lat":43.31660004500003,"lon":-73.63073654499993,"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 two and one-half story brick residence with a slate mansard roof at 173-175 Ridge Street, Glens Falls, Warren County, New York, built circa 1876 for lime manufacturer Frank W. Wait.","why_significant":"It is argued to be an intact representative example of a transitional Italianate-Second Empire residence based on 1870s pattern-book designs. Its decorative details reflect Architectural Details, a 1873 pattern book by regional architect Marcus F. Cummings. Wait was a prominent lime industry leader, and the lime industry was second only to lumber in Glens Falls' economic growth.","narrative":"Built around 1876 at 173-175 Ridge Street in Glens Falls, this two and one-half story brick house was the home of Frank W. Wait, a lime manufacturer and partner in the Jointa Lime Company. It has a slate mansard roof, a three-bay side-hall plan, and a projecting entrance pavilion ending in an engaged tower. A bracketed portico shelters the double entrance doors and supports an oriel with a pediment. Modillion cornices on paired brackets, flat-arched window lintels, porches and elaborate dormers survive. The house was divided into apartments in the 1940s, yet original doors, moldings and a staircase remain inside. Its design draws on the 1873 pattern book Architectural Details by Marcus F. Cummings, and it is one of only three Cummings-influenced residences in the city judged to retain enough integrity for listing. Wait helped organize a trade association promoting Glens Falls lime, an industry second only to lumber in the city's growth.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Architect and builder listed as unknown; design based on pattern-book designs by Marcus F. Cummings","architectural_style":"Transitional Italianate-Second Empire","criteria":[],"status_note":"Converted to apartments around 1940 and used as multi-family residential; a garage was demolished around 1970. Interior retains original doors, moldings and staircase.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:42.620147-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/84003422.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84003422/837fd0296a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84003422/837fd0296a-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"John Phelan","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:175_Ridge_Street,_Glens_Falls_NY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">John Phelan</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:175_Ridge_Street,_Glens_Falls_NY.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75315385","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F._W._Wait_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5424086"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/warren-county/wait-f-w-house-84003422/"}