{"nrhp_refnum":"97001454","name":"Maplewood Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly along Lakeview Park, Lake Ave., Seneca Pkwy., and Maplewood Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Rochester","county":"Monroe County","state":"NY","lat":43.09073564100004,"lon":-77.62446189330439,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1997-12-08","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Landscape Architecture","Community Planning and Development","Historic - Non-Aboriginal"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A roughly 178-acre residential historic district in the Maplewood neighborhood of northwest Rochester, Monroe County, New York, about three miles from downtown. It contains houses, churches, a church school complex, a YMCA building, parks and an archaeological site, mostly built in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.","why_significant":"The district is distinguished by its collection of late nineteenth and early twentieth-century residences in many national styles, many designed by local and regional architects. It also includes three designed landscapes associated with the Olmsted firm: Maplewood Park and the central malls of Lakeview Park and Seneca Parkway. It reflects the growth and prosperity of Rochester in the early twentieth century.","narrative":"Maplewood is a large residential district in northwest Rochester, west of the Genesee River gorge, covering about 178 acres along Seneca Parkway, Lakeview Park, Lake Avenue, Maplewood Avenue and Park View Drive. It holds 245 contributing primary buildings, mostly large two-and-one-half-story houses, along with churches, a Catholic school and convent complex, a YMCA building, and hundreds of carriage houses and garages. The area grew from large farm estates between early mill settlements into one of the city's most popular neighborhoods, with prestigious homes built by prominent citizens. Styles range from Italianate and Second Empire to Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, Prairie, Craftsman and Foursquare, and many houses blend several influences. Local and regional architects designed many of them. The Olmsted firm planned the landscapes of Seneca Parkway, Lakeview Park and Maplewood Park, and the district also includes archaeological remains of the Glen House resort hotel. Most resources date from the early twentieth century.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Architects named include Otto Block, Claude Bragdon, Crandall and Strobel, Foote and Headley, Frank G. Frey, Gordon and Madden, Hutchinson and Cutler, McCord and Ives, Howard B. Nurse, Joseph H. Oberlies, James R. Tyler and Ward Wellington Ward; landscape plans by the Olmsted firm.","architectural_style":"Late Victorian (Italianate, Second Empire, Queen Anne, Stick, Shingle); Late 19th & 20th C revivals (Colonial, Neoclassical, Tudor, Late Gothic, Mission, Italian Renaissance); Prairie, Bungalow/Craftsman; International style","criteria":[],"status_note":"Largely in residential use; many Lake Avenue houses have been converted to offices, convalescent homes and apartments. Most Seneca Parkway homes retain a high level of integrity.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:51.154712-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/97001454.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75318874","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maplewood_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6754112"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/monroe-county/maplewood-historic-district-97001454/"}