{"nrhp_refnum":"99001364","name":"Pulteney Square Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly surrounds Pulteney Sq.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Hammondsport","county":"Steuben County","state":"NY","lat":42.40938815650006,"lon":-77.22253716365987,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1999-11-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Entertainment/Recreation","Commerce","Community Planning and Development","Architecture","Landscape Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 5.4-acre historic district in the village of Hammondsport, Steuben County, New York, centered on Pulteney Square, a village green, and the commercial and religious buildings around it, dating from about 1828 to the 1920s.","why_significant":"The district is described as the village's intact historic central business, civic and religious core, with a cohesive range of architectural types and styles. It records Hammondsport's development as a center of grape growing, wine making and tourism in the Finger Lakes region. The square itself retains its 1890s landscaping and a Stick Style bandstand.","narrative":"Pulteney Square Historic District covers about 5.4 acres in the center of Hammondsport, a village at the foot of Keuka Lake in Steuben County, New York. A half-acre village green, laid out from land given by Judge Lazarus Hammond in the 1820s, anchors the district. Its present look dates from the 1890s, with diagonal walks, mature maple trees and a Stick Style bandstand built in 1892. Around it stand a Greek Revival church of 1847, a Classical Revival bank of 1921, and rows of brick and wood commercial buildings, including the Romanesque Revival Union Block of 1895-1897 and the 1905 Opera House. The district is considered significant because these buildings together trace the village's growth as a farm-service town and a tourist center tied to the lake and the local vineyards and wineries. Most buildings are masonry and sit flush to the street, distinguishing them from the small wooden houses nearby.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"H. G. Tuthill of Corning (Union Block); Jesse Foster (original builder, First Presbyterian Church); T. A. Hamilton (architect) and John Smith (contractor) for the church's 1881 pavilion","architectural_style":"Mid-19th Century: Greek Revival; Late Victorian: Stick/Eastlake, Romanesque Revival; Late 19th/Early 20th Century: Commercial, Italian Renaissance","criteria":[],"status_note":"The buildings are largely intact and remain in commercial, religious and recreational use; the district has 20 contributing and 3 non-contributing resources.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:50.529087-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/99001364.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99001364/c8dd79beb2-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99001364/c8dd79beb2-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Pubdog","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pulteney_Square_Historic_District_Apr_11.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Pubdog</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pulteney_Square_Historic_District_Apr_11.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"100009603","name":"Village of Hammondsport Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/village-of-hammondsport-historic-district-100009603/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75322005","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulteney_Square_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7259730"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/steuben-county/pulteney-square-historic-district-99001364/"}