Seneca Falls Village Historic District

Seneca Falls Village Historic District takes in the downtown commercial area and nearby residential streets of a western New York village set between Seneca and Cayuga Lakes. It contains 198 contributing resources, mainly brick commercial blocks, frame houses, churches, two 1853 railroad stations, schools and canal structures. Italianate rows on Fall Street were rebuilt after an 1859 fire, while blocks near State Street followed an 1890 fire in an eclectic Queen Anne and Colonial Revival manner. State and Cayuga Streets hold houses in Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, Second Empire, Queen Anne and Colonial Revival styles. South of the canal stands an 1844 limestone knitting mill, the last surviving early factory in the district, along with a 1915 Pratt truss bridge, canal locks and a 1917 hydroelectric complex. Submerged mill remains below Van Cleef Lake may hold archaeological potential. The district was drawn to reflect growth between 1800 and 1930, and it includes the earlier Fall Street and Trinity Lane district.