{"nrhp_refnum":"86000448","name":"Building at 551-555 North Goodman Street","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"551--555 N. Goodman St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Rochester","county":"Monroe County","state":"NY","lat":43.163957538000034,"lon":-77.58301454499997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-03-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story brick commercial and residential building at 551-555 North Goodman Street, on the corner of Garson Avenue in northeast Rochester, Monroe County, New York, built in 1889 for Edwin Hayward.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is a distinctive example of late nineteenth century eclectic commercial architecture, combining late Victorian elements with early Neoclassical details. It is also one of two surviving brick commercial buildings tied to the early growth of the East Main/North Goodman neighborhood, which developed on former nursery and orchard land. It retains a high level of integrity.","narrative":"At the corner of North Goodman Street and Garson Avenue in northeast Rochester stands a three-story, flat-roofed brick building of about 45 by 60 feet, put up in 1889. Edwin Hayward, a member of a prominent nursery and farming family, built it as a rental property with two stores below and apartments above. The symmetrical facade features limestone banding, cast-iron storefront pilasters and columns, and pressed-metal cornices, and the design blends late Victorian details with early Neoclassical ones. The ground floor was first used as a grocery, and the Hayward family kept the property until 1946. Much of the original interior woodwork and wainscoting survives, though a rear addition was built around 1950. The building matters as a well-preserved example of eclectic commercial design and as one of two remaining brick commercial buildings from the early growth of a neighborhood that grew from the Hayward farm and the city's nursery industry.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Queen Anne; late nineteenth century eclectic commercial, combining late Victorian and Neoclassical elements","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied. Two commercial units on the ground floor and four apartments above; the owner has undertaken a major renovation including repointing and window and door repair.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:45.512734-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/86000448.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86000448/598503cb68-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86000448/598503cb68-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"en:User:DanielPenfield","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Building_at_551-555_North_Goodman_Street.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">en:User:DanielPenfield</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:Building_at_551-555_North_Goodman_Street.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75318768","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Building_at_551%E2%80%93555_North_Goodman_Street","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4986576"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/monroe-county/building-at-551-555-north-goodman-street-86000448/"}