{"nrhp_refnum":"86002773","name":"Main Street Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly on Main St. between South and Washington Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"McGraw","county":"Cortland County","state":"NY","lat":42.59634844850004,"lon":-76.09240220677225,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-09-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A linear historic district in the center of the village of McGraw, Cortland County, New York, covering both sides of Main Street and East Main Street. It contains 34 contributing resources, mostly buildings from about 1820 to 1920, plus three non-contributing buildings.","why_significant":"The district is significant as an intact concentration of residential, religious and commercial buildings typical of small-town architecture in central New York between about 1820 and 1920. It includes a group of vernacular Federal style houses, the 1845 Greek Revival Lamont Memorial Library, and a row of commercial buildings erected after an 1906 fire. It is one of only a handful of small town centers in Cortland County that keep enough integrity to reflect the county's architectural heritage.","narrative":"Main Street Historic District forms the center of McGraw, a village in an agricultural valley about four miles east of Cortland. The linear district follows Main Street and East Main Street and holds 34 contributing resources, including the business district, two churches, the library and some of the earliest houses. East Main Street has a group of vernacular Federal style houses built between about 1835 and 1842, several later given Victorian porches. The Lamont Memorial Library, built in 1845 as a residence, has an Ionic portico in the Greek Revival style. The south side of Main Street is a cohesive row of two- and three-story commercial buildings, rebuilt after a fire in 1906, with brick fronts, stamped-metal cornices and rock-faced concrete block. The Baptist and Methodist churches date from the 1830s but were reshaped in 1919 and 1920. Slow growth after the decline of the village's main industry helped preserve the streetscape.","period_of_significance":"C. 1820-1920","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Vernacular Federal, Greek Revival, Victorian-period, and early twentieth century commercial","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in good condition and occupied, with a mix of commercial, educational, private residential and religious uses; some buildings have been altered.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:44.890875-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/86002773.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75317153","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Street_Historic_District_(McGraw,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14706870"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/cortland-county/main-street-historic-district-86002773/"}