{"nrhp_refnum":"85002481","name":"Oxford Village Historic District","other_names":["See Also:Burr, Theodore, House"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly Washington Ave., State St., Chenango River, Merchant & Green Sts., Washington Park, Albany & Pleasant Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Oxford","county":"Chenango County","state":"NY","lat":42.44194429250004,"lon":-75.59328789325713,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-09-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A village-core historic district in Oxford, Chenango County, New York, covering about 85 acres on both sides of the Chenango River. It includes 201 contributing buildings and seven contributing structures, dating from the 1790s to the early twentieth century.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the district is a largely intact village core reflecting the growth of a small south-central New York valley community from 1794 to 1930. It recalls Oxford's role as an educational, commercial and transportation center, with churches and houses by architects of regional and statewide importance. The 1939 Post Office is individually significant as a Depression-era federal civic building with a mural.","narrative":"Oxford's historic core spreads across both banks of the Chenango River in south-central New York. About 85 acres hold 201 contributing buildings, ranging from Federal and Greek Revival houses to Italianate, Queen Anne and Eastlake residences, along with bluestone and frame churches, a commercial block around Lafayette Park, and a railroad complex near the former Delaware, Lackawanna and Western line. Notable works include Theodore Burr's 1810-12 house, St. Paul's Episcopal Church designed by Henry Dudley, and several buildings by Binghamton architect T.I. Lacey. The district matters because it traces the village's growth from its first frame dwelling in 1794, through its days as a turnpike and academy town, its rise as a commercial center after the Chenango Canal opened in 1837, and the arrival of rail service in 1870. Little redevelopment in the twentieth century left its nineteenth-century character largely intact. The 1939 Post Office, with its Depression-era mural, is also noted.","period_of_significance":"c. 1794-1830; 1939","architect_builder":"Various, Theodore Burr, Henry Dudley, T.I. Lacey, and Isaac Perry","architectural_style":"Federal, Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, Italianate, Queen Anne, Eastlake, Colonial Revival, Richardsonian Romanesque","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as retaining a high degree of overall integrity, with about one-third of residences having modern siding added; 32 non-historic buildings are in 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 02:50:45.539024-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/85002481.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85002481/b54d854b4e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85002481/b54d854b4e-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:First_National_Bank_of_Oxford_building_Dec_09.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75316894","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_Village_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7115545"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/chenango-county/oxford-village-historic-district-85002481/"}