{"nrhp_refnum":"85000642","name":"Main Street Historic District (Boundary Increase)","other_names":["Geneseo Historic District","See Also:Main Street Historic Dist"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by NY 39, Temple Hills Cemetery, South St. and Main","address_restricted":false,"city":"Geneseo","county":"Livingston County","state":"NY","lat":42.798584957500054,"lon":-77.81437464047569,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-03-21","is_nhl":true,"nhl_designated_date":"1991-07-17","areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national","local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A boundary expansion of the Main Street Historic District in the village of Geneseo, Livingston County, New York. It adds 235 properties on ten residential streets east of Main Street, plus the Hartford House estate and Temple Hill Cemetery, for 308 properties on about 600 acres.","why_significant":"The expanded district contains the village's only concentration of substantially intact, contiguous historic properties. Its buildings, dating from the 1810s to the 1930s, show the village's development through a wide range of architectural styles. The additions are tied to the same history as the original district, including the prominent Wadsworth family.","narrative":"Geneseo's historic district was enlarged to take in 235 more properties along ten residential streets east of Main Street, bringing the total to 308 properties on about 600 acres. The additions include Center, Chestnut, Elm, Oak, Prospect, Second and South Streets, along with the Hartford House, a second Wadsworth family estate at the north end of Main Street, and the nineteenth-century Temple Hill Cemetery. Buildings date from the 1810s to the 1930s, and wood frame houses predominate. Styles run from Federal and Greek Revival through Italianate, Queen Anne and Colonial Revival. Each street reflects a stage of the village's growth: South and Second Streets hold early Federal and Greek Revival homes, Center Street is the most varied in use, and Oak Street has the strongest grouping of Queen Anne houses. Other buildings include a cobblestone former schoolhouse, now a county museum, a library and two churches. The boundaries exclude heavily altered older houses and modern intrusions. Together, 414 contributing features show the village's early nineteenth to early twentieth century development.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Federal, Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, Italianate, Italian Villa, Second Empire, Queen Anne/Eastlake and Colonial Revival, plus vernacular and eclectic variations","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition is listed as excellent, good and fair, with a mix of altered and unaltered buildings. Present uses include commercial, private residence, religious, museum, park and government.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:39.249343-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/85000642.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"08000659","name":"Geneseo Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/geneseo-historic-district-08000659/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75318674","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/livingston-county/main-street-historic-district-boundary-increase-85000642/"}