Nelliston Historic District

Nelliston Historic District covers about 39 acres of the village of Nelliston, in Montgomery County, New York, beside the Mohawk River. It takes in three residential streets developed between 1860 and 1890, plus an area along the railroad tracks with two freight houses and a stone station built in 1902. Italianate design dominates. Three brick mansions on Prospect Street from the early 1860s, with cupolas, wide bracketed eaves and landscaped slopes facing the river, remain village landmarks and were widely copied in more modest frame houses on Berthoud and Railroad Streets. Five carriage barns survive. The district also reflects the railroad's role in the village's growth. Abram Nellis, a founder and first village president, built the first mansion, and about thirty houses went up between 1880 and 1883 before fires and other setbacks slowed development. The nomination values the district for its consistent, well-preserved collection of Italianate buildings and railroad structures.