{"nrhp_refnum":"93000500","name":"Hurd & Fitzgerald Building","other_names":["Hurd Sales Company"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"400 Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Utica","county":"Oneida County","state":"NY","lat":43.10341211900004,"lon":-75.22302133699998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1993-06-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A five-story brick office and warehouse building at 400 Main Street in the Bagg's Square East area of Utica, Oneida County, New York, built in 1911 as headquarters for the Hurd & Fitzgerald Company, shoe and rubber goods jobbers.","why_significant":"It is significant for commerce as a reflection of the early twentieth-century business boom in Bagg's Square East, driven by railroads, canals and electric power. It is also significant in architecture as a largely intact late commercial design by Utica architect Frederick H. Gouge, in the Commercial style.","narrative":"Built in 1911 at 400 Main Street in Utica, this five-story brick building served as the headquarters and warehouse of the Hurd & Fitzgerald Company, jobbers in shoes and rubber goods. Architect Frederick H. Gouge designed it with load-bearing brick walls, a stone foundation and a flat roof. Tall brick piers rise the full height of the street facades, framing paired one-over-one windows, while a classically detailed round-arched entrance with paired Tuscan columns contrasts with the plain, utilitarian pattern elsewhere. The building reflects the commercial growth of Bagg's Square East, where nearby railroad yards, canals, trolleys and abundant electric power drew new businesses in the early 1900s. It also represents the later work of Gouge, a leading central New York architect with a fifty-year career. Shoe wholesaling continued here until 1991, and the building remains largely unaltered, though it is now listed as vacant.","period_of_significance":"1911","architect_builder":"Gouge, Frederick H. (Architect)","architectural_style":"Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements/Commercial Style","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Current function is listed as vacant/not in use; shoe wholesaling continued in the building until 1991. The interior retains its original industrial function and appearance.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:50.333178-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/93000500.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/93000500/614103b1fe-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/93000500/614103b1fe-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:UticaNY_HurdAndFitzgeraldBuilding.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Magicpiano</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:UticaNY_HurdAndFitzgeraldBuilding.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"100001362","name":"Bagg's Square East Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/baggs-square-east-historic-district-100001362/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75320217","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurd_%26_Fitzgerald_Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5946398"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/oneida-county/hurd-and-fitzgerald-building-93000500/"}