{"nrhp_refnum":"85002903","name":"Bedford Road Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Bedford Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Armonk","county":"Westchester County","state":"NY","lat":41.12523618650005,"lon":-73.71281513022447,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-11-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A linear historic district of seven contiguous properties on the north side of Bedford Road in Armonk, North Castle, Westchester County, New York, with buildings dating from 1842 to about 1888. It includes St. Stephen's Church, a cemetery, six houses and an outbuilding.","why_significant":"The district is described as the last intact grouping of distinctive nineteenth-century buildings reflecting Armonk's character from 1842 to 1888. It is anchored by the Greek Revival St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, the first building erected in the hamlet, which set the pattern for planned development. The group illustrates Federal and Greek Revival taste in the regional vernacular, persisting after picturesque styles became fashionable elsewhere.","narrative":"Bedford Road in Armonk was the first focus of the hamlet's subdivision and building, and its north side still preserves a row of mid-nineteenth-century buildings. The district contains St. Stephen's Episcopal Church (1842), a wooden Greek Revival temple with a recessed porch and fluted Doric columns in antis, along with a cemetery of about 450 graves and six houses. Most houses date from about 1850 and range from the large former rectory at No. 40 to modest village dwellings; one house was moved and converted from a shoemaker's shop in 1888, and another was built about 1880. The church was the hamlet's first building, and church lands were subdivided under vestry control, shaping later growth. Together the buildings show how Federal and Greek Revival forms lasted in local vernacular architecture. Four houses have modern siding, but form, spacing and setback remain clear, in contrast to heavily altered buildings elsewhere in the hamlet.","period_of_significance":"1842-c.1888","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival, with Federal-influenced vernacular houses","criteria":[],"status_note":"Largely intact streetscape; four of six houses have synthetic siding replicating original clapboard, and the church has a mid-twentieth century Sunday School wing. The form lists the property as occupied, with private residence, commercial and religious uses.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:45.588813-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/85002903.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85002903/74431a65ba-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85002903/74431a65ba-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Daniel Case","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Buildings_of_Bedford_Road_Historic_District,_Armonk,_NY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniel Case</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:Buildings_of_Bedford_Road_Historic_District,_Armonk,_NY.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75322951","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedford_Road_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4879188"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/westchester-county/bedford-road-historic-district-85002903/"}