{"nrhp_refnum":"94001076","name":"Clarkson Corners Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Jct. of Ridge and Lake Rds. and E and W along Ridge and S along Lake","address_restricted":false,"city":"Clarkson Corners","county":"Monroe County","state":"NY","lat":43.23342063150005,"lon":-77.92469293107416,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1994-09-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A T-shaped historic district centered on the Ridge Road and Lake Road crossroads in the hamlet of Clarkson Corners, town of Clarkson, Monroe County, New York, with buildings dating from about 1804 to 1910.","why_significant":"The district is an intact example of a nineteenth-century unincorporated crossroads community in western New York. It is unusual for its large number of early nineteenth-century residences, some predating the Erie Canal, and for its mix of social classes. Its street plan, lot lines and mix of residential, religious and civic buildings remain largely unchanged since about 1872.","narrative":"Clarkson Corners is a crossroads hamlet west of Rochester, New York, where Ridge Road and Lake Road meet. The historic district follows a T-shaped plan and holds about sixty historic buildings built between about 1804 and 1910, mostly brick or frame houses of one or two stories with gable roofs. A Congregational church (1825), the Greek Revival Clarkson Academy (c1853) and the 1899 town hall are also included. The oldest building is the Abel Baldwin House, a former tavern from about 1804. The hamlet grew around two early roads and a mill stream, and the nearby Erie Canal at Brockport later encouraged more growth. It was largely built out by about 1872. Federal and Greek Revival houses stand close to modest workers' homes, reflecting a mix of professionals and laborers. Lot lines and building footprints have changed little since the nineteenth century, and the hamlet remains distinct from the larger community of Brockport one mile south.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Early Republic (Federal); Mid-nineteenth century (Greek Revival); Late Victorian","criteria":[],"status_note":"Largely residential and still in use; a church, school, town hall and residences remain. Commercial and industrial buildings from the nineteenth century are mostly gone, and only archeological traces of the mills remain.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:50.922916-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/94001076.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/94001076/b9121088d0-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/94001076/b9121088d0-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Jerrye &amp; Roy Klotz, MD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CLARKSON_CORNERS_H.D.,_MONROE_COUNTY,_NY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jerrye &amp;amp; Roy Klotz, MD</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:CLARKSON_CORNERS_H.D.,_MONROE_COUNTY,_NY.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75318786","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarkson_Corners_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5127635"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/monroe-county/clarkson-corners-historic-district-94001076/"}