{"nrhp_refnum":"96000486","name":"Brick Store Building","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Jct. of US 20 and NY 8","address_restricted":false,"city":"Bridgewater","county":"Oneida County","state":"NY","lat":42.87896230700005,"lon":-75.25153493499994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1996-04-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Commerce"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick commercial building with a two-story wood frame rear wing, at the corner of U.S. Route 20 and N.Y. Route 8 in the village of Bridgewater, Oneida County, New York. The brick main block was erected in 1807 as a tavern on the Great Western Turnpike.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is a rare, intact example of vernacular Federal period commercial architecture from the turnpike era. Over time it served as a tavern, tradesmen's shop, general store, post office, hardware store, inn and tavern again, so its history reflects the evolution of a turnpike crossroads community. It keeps a moderately high level of integrity of design and materials.","narrative":"Built in 1807 where the Great Western Turnpike crossed the Utica to New Berlin road, this two-story brick building in Bridgewater began as a tavern and stagecoach stop. It has a gabled roof, a cut limestone foundation, a segmental arched double entrance with louvered transom, an elliptical attic window and flat brick lintels. A two-story wood frame wing extends to the rear. As canals and railroads displaced turnpike travel, the building became a tinsmith's and harness maker's shop, a general store and first village post office, a hardware store, and from 1886 an inn called The Cottage Hotel. By 1930 it housed a tavern, The White Eagle. After decline in the 1960s it was refurbished for commercial use. It is valued as a rare surviving Federal period commercial building in rural Oneida County, reflecting the commercial growth the turnpikes brought to the region, and for its moderately high architectural integrity.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1807-1930","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Early Republic/Federal","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Refurbished after falling into disrepair in the 1960s and returned to commercial use; the frame portion was recently renovated for modern commercial use.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:51.024508-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/96000486.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75320171","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brick_Store_Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4965947"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/oneida-county/brick-store-building-96000486/"}