{"nrhp_refnum":"86001352","name":"Cazenovia Village Historic District","other_names":["See Also:Lorenzo","Albany Street Historic District"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Union, Lincklean and Chenango Sts., and Rippleton Rd. and Foreman St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cazenovia","county":"Madison County","state":"NY","lat":42.92841586550006,"lon":-75.85584362671675,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-06-19","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Agriculture","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A roughly 420-acre historic district covering the residential, commercial, civic and religious core of the village of Cazenovia, on the southeast shore of Cazenovia Lake in Madison County, New York. It contains 360 contributing components, mostly buildings dating from about 1790 to 1935.","why_significant":"The district is described as a prosperous village whose varied architecture reflects Cazenovia's regional prominence as a commercial, cultural, educational and recreational center. It retains its historic street patterns, intact commercial storefronts, estates and a wide range of nineteenth and early twentieth century styles. It also encloses the earlier-listed Albany Street Historic District and Lorenzo, thereby including all intact, contiguous historic resources in the village.","narrative":"Cazenovia Village Historic District protects the historic heart of a lakeside village in Madison County, New York. Covering about 420 acres, it includes 261 contributing primary buildings, 95 contributing outbuildings and other secondary components, two village greens, a park and a dam. Buildings range from about 1790 to 1935 and are built of wood, brick or stone in styles from Federal and Greek Revival to Queen Anne and Colonial Revival. Albany Street, laid out in 1794, is the commercial spine, with attached masonry blocks and many original cast-iron storefronts. Quiet residential streets branch off it, while Ledyard Avenue and Rippleton Road hold the village's finest estates, including Lorenzo and the Meadows. The district is significant as a well-preserved picture of Cazenovia's role as a prosperous commercial, cultural, educational and recreational center. It also brings together the previously listed Albany Street district and Lorenzo, covering all intact, contiguous historic resources in the village.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Wide range including Federal, Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, Italianate, Romanesque Revival, Queen Anne, Eastlake, Shingle, Colonial Revival and Neoclassical","criteria":[],"status_note":"Street patterns and streetscapes survive in their historic configurations; some buildings have been altered or covered with modern siding, and the district remains an active village.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:44.799312-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/86001352.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86001352/26de5a1227-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86001352/26de5a1227-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Doug Kerr from Upstate New York","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:First_Presbyterian_Church_Cazenovia_NY_May_09.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Doug Kerr from Upstate New York</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:First_Presbyterian_Church_Cazenovia_NY_May_09.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75313505","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cazenovia_Village_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5055528"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/madison-county/cazenovia-village-historic-district-86001352/"}