Unadilla Village Historic District

Unadilla's historic district follows about a mile and a half of Main Street and part of Bridge Street in the upper Susquehanna River Valley. It includes 152 contributing resources: mainly two-story frame houses in Federal, Greek Revival and Italianate styles, with Queen Anne, Craftsman and Foursquare examples, plus four churches, eleven commercial buildings, a cemetery, monuments and a limestone railroad underpass. Downtown is anchored by elaborate brick commercial blocks built after an 1879 fire, while the Unadilla House dates to 1804-5 and a hotel uptown has a core from about 1832. Bluestone sidewalks and large shade trees reflect the village's 1826 incorporation. The district is significant for its architecture and for its commercial history. Settlers arrived by Wattles Ferry until the first bridge was built in 1804, and the village prospered at the junction of two early turnpikes and later the railroad. Its period of significance runs from 1804 to 1941.