{"nrhp_refnum":"95000213","name":"Main Street Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly, along Main and Center Sts., West Ave. and Proctor Pl.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Medina","county":"Orleans County","state":"NY","lat":43.21995229950005,"lon":-78.3868386916771,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1995-03-23","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Entertainment/Recreation","Politics/Government","Architecture","Commerce","Transportation","Agriculture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic commercial district of about 11.31 acres in the village of Medina, Orleans County, New York, centered on Main Street and nearby sections of Center Street, West Avenue and Proctor Place. It holds 49 contributing buildings dating from about 1845 to about 1910.","why_significant":"The district preserves Medina's intact historic commercial core. Its attached two- and three-story brick and Medina sandstone buildings show a range of mid-nineteenth to early-twentieth-century styles, many of them Italianate. The buildings share similar scale, materials, rooflines and setbacks, and retain a high level of integrity, especially in their upper stories.","narrative":"Medina's Main Street Historic District covers the village's commercial core in Orleans County, New York, near the Erie Canal turning basin. Its 49 contributing buildings, built between about 1845 and about 1910, are mostly attached two- and three-story structures of brick or locally quarried Medina sandstone. Italianate design is most common, with round or segmental arched windows, bracketed cornices and cast iron storefront pilasters. Other styles include Queen Anne, Romanesque Revival, Richardsonian Romanesque, Neoclassical and an Art Deco storefront. Notable buildings include Paddock's Hotel (1855), the Fuller Block (1875), First Presbyterian Church (1872), City Hall (1908), the former New York Central Railroad Station (1908) and sandstone cold storage warehouses at the south end. The district was listed because its buildings share scale, materials and rooflines, and many retain a high degree of historic integrity, particularly on the upper floors. Some storefronts have been sympathetically rehabilitated.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"W.H. Cheney of Rochester (cast ironwork, Paddock's Hotel); Dewitt Grinnell, contractor (610 Main Street)","architectural_style":"Late Victorian (Italianate, Queen Anne, Romanesque Revival, Richardsonian Romanesque); Early 20th Century Neoclassical","criteria":[],"status_note":"Most buildings remain in commercial use, and the former railroad station is used as a senior citizens' center. Some storefronts have been rehabilitated. The theater at 601-611 Main Street is described as vacant.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:51.422766-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/95000213.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95000213/4fba1e197f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95000213/4fba1e197f-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Daniel Case","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Downtown_Medina,_NY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniel Case</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:Downtown_Medina,_NY.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75320803","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Street_Historic_District_(Medina,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14706872"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/orleans-county/main-street-historic-district-95000213/"}