Hamburg Main Street Historic District

Hamburg's Main Street Historic District covers two blocks of the village's historic commercial and residential core, south of Buffalo along US Route 62. Eastern buildings, mostly two-story brick or frame storefronts, form the retail center, while the western half holds nineteenth and early twentieth century houses once home to prominent merchants and civic leaders, many now used as offices. Three churches, two government buildings and a former school add variety. Architectural styles range from Federal and Greek Revival to Italianate, Gothic Revival, Craftsman and mid-century Modern. The district grew from the hamlet of White's Corners, settled around 1820, which was later renamed Hamburgh and incorporated as a village in 1874. Storefront remodeling was common from the 1910s through the 1960s. The period of significance ends in 1967, after a final wave of civic and commercial building that followed the 1961 closing of Kronenberg's department store. The district keeps its traditional scale and pedestrian character.