{"nrhp_refnum":"91000235","name":"Erie Freighthouse Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Jct. of Cohocton St. and Railroad Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Bath","county":"Steuben County","state":"NY","lat":42.33346523300003,"lon":-77.32575932099996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1991-03-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small commercial and industrial district in Bath, Steuben County, New York, at Cohocton Street and Railroad Avenue, made up of six contributing buildings including the former Erie freighthouse (c. 1852), farm-supply buildings, a lumber and produce warehouse, and the 1906 Bath Harness Company factory.","why_significant":"The district is argued to be the largest intact concentration of railroad-related commercial buildings in Bath. Its buildings show how goods were transferred, stored and manufactured around rail service from 1852 through the mid-1930s. They also show how rail-related commerce coexisted with a residential neighborhood in a small upstate town.","narrative":"Near the corner of Cohocton Street and Railroad Avenue in Bath, New York, a group of six utilitarian buildings records the village's long dependence on the Erie Railroad. The group includes the board-and-batten Erie freighthouse, begun around 1852 and doubled in length by 1873, along with G.L.F. farm service and machinery buildings, the gambrel-roofed E. H. Dudley warehouse of 1904-1909, and the three-story concrete-block Bath Harness Company factory of 1906. Each was built to move goods to or from rail cars, store them, or make products shipped by rail. The boundaries were drawn around the largest intact collection of such buildings in Bath. The buildings changed little between the 1930s and the time of listing, and most still serve commercial purposes. The district was recognized for its architecture and its role in local commerce between about 1852 and 1937, and for showing how rail-related business sat beside homes just west of Pultney Square.","period_of_significance":"c1852-c1937","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late Victorian: Other: board and batten; No style: wood-framed warehouse, rectangular plan","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Five of the six contributing buildings remain in commercial use, and the Dudley warehouse still serves as a lumber and building materials store. The G.L.F. Farm Machinery Storage building is the exception. Buildings are generally sound, though the Dudley warehouse leans and risks collapse.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:44.73833-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/91000235.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91000235/74e9b96187-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91000235/74e9b96187-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Pubdog (talk)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Erie_Freighthouse_Oct_09.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Pubdog (talk)</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Erie_Freighthouse_Oct_09.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75314725","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erie_Freighthouse_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5388306"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/steuben-county/erie-freighthouse-historic-district-91000235/"}