{"nrhp_refnum":"96001172","name":"Central Garage","other_names":["Snyder's Tin and Hardware Shop"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"N. side of Clayton St., W of jct. with Main St., Hamlet of La Fargeville","address_restricted":false,"city":"Orleans","county":"Jefferson County","state":"NY","lat":44.194778308000025,"lon":-75.96621578799994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1996-10-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story frame commercial building with an upstairs apartment on the north side of Clayton Street in the hamlet of LaFargeville, Town of Orleans, Jefferson County, New York. It was built in 1902 as Snyder's Tin and Hardware Shop.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is a rare, largely unaltered turn-of-the-century commercial building sheathed in decorative pressed-metal siding. The metal gives a simple wooden building the look of masonry and a Classical Revival appearance. It also reflects the prosperity of an agricultural hamlet in the years after the 1898 fire.","narrative":"Central Garage is a two-story frame building on Clayton Street in the center of LaFargeville, in the Town of Orleans. Built in 1902 with a shop on the ground floor and an apartment above, it was first a tin and hardware shop. Its walls are covered in brick-patterned pressed metal, and the gable front carries a full metal pediment with medallions, the date 1902 and a sign reading \"Hardware Tinware Stoves & Ranges.\" The building went up a few years after an 1898 fire destroyed much of the commercial district. Pressed metal was then being promoted locally as an inexpensive, fire-resistant way to make a wooden building look like masonry. In the 1930s the shop became a mechanic's garage, with a large rear opening added, though the long narrow plan, original paneling and apartment layout survive. It remained in business until 1989 and is now vacant. It is valued as a rare, intact example of its type and a reminder of the hamlet's prosperity.","period_of_significance":"1902-c.1930","architect_builder":"Unknown (the form notes plumber Edgar A. Wright reportedly built it, according to present owners)","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Classical Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Vacant/not in use; the building has been in disuse since 1989 but retains a high level of architectural integrity.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:50.288421-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/96001172.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96001172/88caba9f74-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96001172/88caba9f74-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Stephen Schweitzer","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Central_Garage_Orleans.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Stephen Schweitzer</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:Central_Garage_Orleans.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75313126","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Garage","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5061116"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/jefferson-county/central-garage-96001172/"}