{"nrhp_refnum":"96000676","name":"Waterloo Library","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"31 Williams St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Waterloo","county":"Seneca County","state":"NY","lat":42.90566485900007,"lon":-76.86070153099996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1996-06-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Education"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Queen Anne style brick library and theatre building at 31 Williams Street in the Village of Waterloo, Seneca County, New York, completed in 1883 for the Waterloo Library and Historical Society.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is an intact, rare example of Queen Anne institutional architecture in western New York, with its original interior, stained glass and second-floor performance hall. It also reflects the community's effort to establish a public library, funded through a bequest-style challenge from local citizen Thomas Fatzinger and carried out by the Society.","narrative":"Completed in 1883, this brick building at 31 Williams Street in Waterloo, New York, was designed as a library with a theatre above. Nichols and Brown of Albany provided the architectural services. The Queen Anne design includes intersecting gable roofs with slate and jerkinhead dormers, iron ridge cresting, terra cotta details, limestone belt courses and a rusticated limestone foundation. Inside, the floor plan survives largely intact, with a vaulted main stack room, an Eastlake overmantel, decorative metal radiators and extensive original stained glass. The second-floor theatre retains its raised stage, tiered wooden seating and box office. The building has been owned and maintained by the Waterloo Library and Historical Society since it opened and has served continuously as a library. Local citizen Thomas Fatzinger prompted the effort with a generous donation, and the Society completed the project after his death in 1878. The building is valued as a rare, well-preserved example of its style and use in the region. A rear concrete block wing is not counted as historic.","period_of_significance":"1883","architect_builder":"Nichols and Brown of Albany (architectural services)","architectural_style":"Late Victorian; Queen Anne","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Used continuously as a library since its completion in 1883; a non-contributing concrete block wing at the rear holds museum exhibit space.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:51.064899-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/96000676.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96000676/baad3f0633-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96000676/baad3f0633-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Doug Kerr from now in Binghamton, NY","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Waterloo_Library_Aug_09.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Doug Kerr from now in Binghamton, NY</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Waterloo_Library_Aug_09.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"12000134","name":"Women's Rights National Historic Park (Boundary Increase)","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/womens-rights-national-historic-park-boundary-increase-12000134/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75321846","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterloo_Library","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4543171"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/seneca-county/waterloo-library-96000676/"}