{"nrhp_refnum":"88000472","name":"Cherry Valley Village Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Alden St. and Montgomery St., Maple Ave. and Elm St., and Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cherry Valley","county":"Otsego County","state":"NY","lat":42.796644712000074,"lon":-74.75227726552373,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1988-04-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic village district in Cherry Valley, Otsego County, New York, centered on the crossroads of Alden, Montgomery, Lancaster-Genesee and Main Streets. It includes about 232 contributing features, mostly residences, along with commercial buildings, churches, a cemetery and monuments.","why_significant":"The district is argued to preserve a largely intact crossroads village whose buildings reflect its role as a commercial, industrial, agricultural, educational and religious center from the early nineteenth century. It contains notable Federal, Greek Revival, Italianate, Gothic Revival and Queen Anne buildings, including the 1815 bank, the first in Otsego County. Its later development includes a resort trade and a Route 20 tourism revival from 1925 to 1955.","narrative":"Cherry Valley Village Historic District covers the historic core of a small Otsego County village at the headwaters of Cherry Valley Creek. The district is organized around the crossroads of Alden, Montgomery, Lancaster-Genesee and Main Streets, and includes 232 contributing features. Most are houses, along with commercial buildings, four churches, two governmental buildings, a cemetery, monuments and a spring house. Federal, Greek Revival and Italianate buildings predominate, with Gothic Revival churches and Queen Anne houses. Key landmarks include the 1815 limestone Cherry Valley National Bank, the first in Otsego County, and a row of limestone Italianate stores on Main Street. The village grew as a regional center for milling, iron founding, hops, dairying, education and worship. It later developed a resort trade and a Route 20 tourism revival between 1925 and 1955. Highway and railroad changes in the 1950s isolated the village from further development.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Predominantly Federal, Greek Revival and Italianate, with Gothic Revival, Second Empire, Queen Anne and Colonial Revival examples","criteria":[],"status_note":"Form lists the district as occupied, in fair to deteriorated condition, with mixed commercial, residential, religious and government use.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:45.183806-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/88000472.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88000472/f8e767b14d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88000472/f8e767b14d-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Doug Kerr from Albany, New York, United States","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cherry_Valley_NY_Historic_District_Nov_08.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Doug Kerr from Albany, New York, United States</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:Cherry_Valley_NY_Historic_District_Nov_08.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75320915","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherry_Valley_Village_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5092501"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/otsego-county/cherry-valley-village-historic-district-88000472/"}