{"nrhp_refnum":"87002042","name":"Lima Village Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"1881--1885 & 1818--1870 Rochester St., Lima Presbyterian Church, 7304--7312 & 7303--7315 E. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lima","county":"Livingston County","state":"NY","lat":42.90470618900008,"lon":-77.61150092499997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1987-11-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"An approximately 8-acre, L-shaped historic district in the village core of Lima, Livingston County, New York, covering parts of East Main and Rochester Streets near Four Corners. It includes commercial blocks, a church, a former library and jail, and frame houses, mostly from the 1860s to early 1900s.","why_significant":"The district holds the last intact, contiguous historic architecture in a village that once spread over several blocks around Four Corners. Its brick commercial blocks, such as the 1861-62 American Hotel, are late Greek Revival examples that reflect Lima's conservative building tastes. The church, civic buildings and large Rochester Street houses show the village's commercial, religious and residential life.","narrative":"Lima's historic core centers on Four Corners, where East Main Street meets Rochester Street in Livingston County. The district covers about eight acres and 21 properties, including attached brick commercial blocks, a brick Presbyterian church, a former library and jail, and seven frame houses on large landscaped lots. Fires in 1858 and 1865 prompted rebuilding, and the American Hotel was reconstructed in 1861-62 as a three-story Greek Revival building, a late example of that style. The nomination suggests that the conservatism of the local seminary slowed the arrival of Italianate design, so Lima's architecture lagged behind comparable villages. Stores on the south side of East Main Street form the earliest surviving intact commercial group in the village. The church, completed around 1873, combines Romanesque Revival arches with Italianate and Queen Anne details. Nearby streets with heavily altered buildings were left out, so the district contains the most intact historic streetscape in Lima.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"John Mosher (rebuilt the American Hotel in 1861)","architectural_style":"Greek Revival, Italianate, Romanesque Revival, Colonial Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition listed as excellent to good, with some alterations. The American Hotel still operates as a boarding facility and restaurant.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:44.667442-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/87002042.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87002042/8b0fcb65f7-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87002042/8b0fcb65f7-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Lvklock","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lima_Village_Historic_District.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Lvklock</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:Lima_Village_Historic_District.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75318666","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lima_Village_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6548840"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/livingston-county/lima-village-historic-district-87002042/"}