{"nrhp_refnum":"85002323","name":"Alfred Village Historic District","other_names":["See Also:Terra Cotta Building","Fireman's Hall"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Sections of N. & S. Main, Church, Ford, Glenn, Park, Sayles, Terrace & W. University Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Alfred","county":"Allegany County","state":"NY","lat":42.25449931600005,"lon":-77.7878699407876,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-09-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture","Religion"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic district covering much of the village of Alfred in Allegany County, New York. It includes 133 properties (154 contributing elements) along North and South Main Street and several side streets, with buildings dating from about 1818 to the 1930s.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the district as the intact core of a nineteenth and early twentieth century village, set between modern university campuses. It has a wide range of American architectural styles. Its most striking feature is the extensive use of terra-cotta, especially red tile roofs and decorative detail, which gives the district a cohesive character.","narrative":"Alfred Village Historic District covers the historic core of a small village in rural Allegany County, New York. It sits in the narrow valley between the campuses of Alfred University, the S.U.N.Y. College of Ceramics and the S.U.N.Y. College of Agriculture and Technology. The district includes 133 properties along Main Street and parts of Church, Ford, Glenn, Park, Sayles, Terrace and West University Streets. Buildings range from the Federal style Century House of about 1818, the village's oldest structure, to early twentieth century Colonial Revival and Neoclassical designs. Nearly one hundred are residences, alongside commercial blocks, a school, a library, a firehouse and a church. Carnegie Hall, a Beaux-Arts library, and a one-acre village green form the focal point. The district's defining feature is terra-cotta, used for red tile roofs and decorative trim, which unifies a varied collection of buildings. The boundary was drawn to include only the most intact and architecturally significant structures.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Mixed styles including Federal, Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, Octagon, Italianate, Italian Villa, Queen Anne/Eastlake, Romanesque Revival, Colonial Revival, Neoclassical and Beaux-Arts","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in excellent to good condition and occupied; the district is mostly residential with some commercial, civic and religious buildings. Nineteen primary structures are 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 02:50:45.868245-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/85002323.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85002323/6b3d735f90-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85002323/6b3d735f90-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Carnegie_Hall_Alfred_NY_Apr_12.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Carnegie_Hall_Alfred_NY_Apr_12.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75316391","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Village_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4723559"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/allegany-county/alfred-village-historic-district-85002323/"}