{"nrhp_refnum":"96001426","name":"Hovey, Charles C., House and Strong Leather Company Mill","other_names":["See Also:Bainbridge Historic District"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"53 W. Main St. and 10 Bixby St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Bainbridge","county":"Chenango County","state":"NY","lat":42.29596533900008,"lon":-75.48290195999994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1996-12-06","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Industry"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Queen Anne style house with a surviving carriage house at 53 West Main Street, plus a wood-frame patent leather mill behind it at 10 Bixby Street, in the village of Bainbridge, Chenango County, New York. The house dates to 1889 and the mill was built between 1897 and 1903 by Charles C. Hovey.","why_significant":"The property is significant for its association with Charles C. Hovey (1854-1906), a leading Bainbridge entrepreneur and civic figure. He helped establish the village's first commercial creamery and the American Separator Company, which became a major employer. The mill is also notable architecturally for its parabolic roof and Queen Rod truss framing, and it is one of only two surviving industrial buildings along Newton Creek.","narrative":"This property in the village of Bainbridge, New York, pairs a Queen Anne style house of 1889 with a long wooden mill built behind it between 1897 and 1903. Both were built by Charles C. Hovey, a businessman who moved to the village in 1887. He helped found its first commercial creamery and was a leading figure in the American Separator Company, whose cream separator became a standard in rural households. He also founded a local newspaper and held several civic offices. The house has multiple gables, mixed clapboard and shingle siding, colored glass windows and an intact interior plan. The mill, which made patent leather under the Strong Leather Company name, has a parabolic roof and iron-rod truss framing that leaves the work floors open. It is one of only two surviving industrial buildings along Newton Creek. After Hovey left in 1905 the mill served many other uses, including silk glove manufacture and storage. Restoration of both buildings is under way.","period_of_significance":"1889-1905","architect_builder":"unknown","architectural_style":"Queen Anne (house); N/A (mill)","criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"The form lists the current functions as single dwelling and vacant. The house is being restored in stages. The mill has a leaking roof, half covered with tarps, and is awaiting foundation and drainage stabilization.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:51.049015-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/96001426.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96001426/77edf4ed3c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96001426/77edf4ed3c-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"TeraD72","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Charles_C._Hovey_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">TeraD72</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:Charles_C._Hovey_House.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"82001095","name":"Bainbridge Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/bainbridge-historic-district-82001095/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75316878","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_C._Hovey_House_and_Strong_Leather_Company_Mill","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5075998"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/chenango-county/hovey-charles-c-house-and-strong-leather-company-mill-96001426/"}