{"nrhp_refnum":"86001527","name":"Central Troy Historic District","other_names":["See Also:70000427 to 70000432","73001255","73001256","73001258","730"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Grand St., Fifth Ave. and Third, Adams, and First and River Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Troy","county":"Rensselaer County","state":"NY","lat":42.72835291450005,"lon":-73.69132369207549,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-08-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Community Planning and Development","Commerce","Transportation","Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A large historic district of about 96 acres in the core of Troy, New York, covering the downtown commercial center and nearby residential neighborhoods. It contains 679 contributing features dating from 1787 to about 1940.","why_significant":"The district consolidates five previously listed districts and the intervening areas into one boundary around Troy's best-preserved commercial and residential center. It shows the city's rise as a Hudson River trade hub and a manufacturing center, especially in the second half of the nineteenth century. Its buildings represent a wide range of architectural styles, from Federal and Greek Revival to Victorian and early twentieth-century types.","narrative":"Central Troy Historic District covers roughly 96 acres at the heart of Troy, New York, on the east bank of the Hudson River just below its meeting with the Mohawk. It takes in the downtown commercial core and surrounding residential streets, with 679 contributing features built between 1787 and about 1940, mostly of brick. The district merges five earlier historic districts with the buildings between them. River Street's warehouses, rebuilt after the 1820 fire, reflect Troy's role as a river trade center. Monument Square and the banking blocks of First Street show later commercial growth, with buildings such as the Cannon Building, the Rice Building and the McCarthy Building. Residential blocks, including Second Street and the Washington Park area, display Federal, Greek Revival, Italianate, Gothic Revival and Queen Anne houses built for merchants, industrialists and middle-class residents. The boundaries separate this concentration of intact buildings from altered or modern surroundings.","period_of_significance":"1787-1940","architect_builder":"Includes Town and Davis (Cannon Building), Vaux and Withers (Rice Building), W.L. and J.W. Woolett (YMCA Building)","architectural_style":"Diverse styles including Federal, Greek Revival, Italianate, Gothic Revival, Queen Anne, Romanesque Revival, High Victorian Gothic, Renaissance Revival and Colonial Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied, with mixed commercial, residential, educational, museum, religious and government uses.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:45.700067-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/86001527.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86001527/8cf6963464-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86001527/8cf6963464-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"BenFrantzDale","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Troy_NY_Fall.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">BenFrantzDale</a>, <a href=\"http://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:Troy_NY_Fall.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"16000367","name":"Central Troy Historic District (Boundary Increase)","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/central-troy-historic-district-boundary-increase-16000367/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75321192","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Troy_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1054027"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/rensselaer-county/central-troy-historic-district-86001527/"}