Gansevoort-Bellamy Historic District

Two adjacent parks in central Rome, Gansevoort and Bellamy, form the core of this district, along with the buildings that face them. Dominick Lynch, the founder of Rome, set the land aside as a public square in 1800 and envisioned it as the community's governmental center. Later courthouse, city hall, post office and justice facility construction fulfilled that idea. The district includes the 1851 Oneida County Courthouse with its Ionic portico and dome, the 1853 First Presbyterian Church, the Romanesque St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church of 1895-97, the 1894 Flemish Revival City Hall, the 1936 Post Office, and the 1961 Justice Building. A row of nineteenth century houses marks the western edge of the plaza. Statues of General Peter Gansevoort and a war memorial stand in the parks. The district adjoins the Fort Stanwix reconstruction, and Rome's city government has protected the area with zoning controls.