{"nrhp_refnum":"95000961","name":"Commercial Building at 32 West Bridge Street","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"32 W. Bridge St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Catskill","county":"Greene County","state":"NY","lat":42.217078841000045,"lon":-73.86966419299995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1995-08-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story brick Italianate commercial building built around 1890 on the west side of West Bridge Street in the West Catskill section of the village of Catskill, Greene County, New York.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is an outstanding local example of Italianate commercial architecture and the largest and most elaborate commercial building in West Catskill. It retains a high degree of integrity and remains one of the area's visual landmarks. It also reflects the commercial development of West Catskill around the bridge over Catskill Creek.","narrative":"Built around 1890 on the site of an earlier commercial building, this three-story brick structure sits in the center of West Catskill's commercial district along West Bridge Street. It has a stone foundation, an ornate metal cornice, a symmetrical five-bay facade, and cast iron window sills and lintels. The ground floor holds two storefronts divided by a central apartment entrance, and the upper floors contain apartments that keep much of their original plaster walls, wood floors and moldings. Over the years the building housed businesses including Ernst's Market, Lucas's Meat Market and the first A&P Grocery in Catskill. It is now used as a restaurant and fast food shop. It was listed for its architecture: it is described as the largest and most elaborate commercial building in West Catskill and an excellent local example of the Italianate style, still largely intact from its period of construction.","period_of_significance":"ca.1890","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late Victorian/Italianate","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Currently used as a fast food shop and a restaurant on the first floor, with apartments on the upper floors.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:50.398549-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/95000961.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95000961/9d152709de-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95000961/9d152709de-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Lvklock","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Commercial_building_at_32_w_bridge.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Lvklock</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:Commercial_building_at_32_w_bridge.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75317938","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_Building_at_32_West_Bridge_Street","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5152481"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/greene-county/commercial-building-at-32-west-bridge-street-95000961/"}