House at No. 8 State Street
Why it's listed
Standing on a slight knoll at the southwest corner of State and Genesee Streets in Mount Morris, this two-story brick house is believed to date from the 1850s. It is an Italianate building with a cubic form, a low hipped roof with broad eaves, and a large cupola decorated with paired scroll brackets. The symmetrical front has a central bay flanked by projecting three-part bay windows on both floors, with segmentally arched brick lintels over one-over-one windows. The entrance has sidelights, a transom and a hood on carved scroll brackets, and the east side has a three-bay porch with chamfered posts, dentils and pendants. Original interior features survive largely intact. The house was listed for its architecture, as one of the best preserved Italianate dwellings in the village. It also reflects Mount Morris's mid-nineteenth century prosperity as a commercial and industrial center along the Genesee Valley Canal. An 1872 map names G. Green as owner; little else is known of its early occupants.
Significance in brief: The house is considered an intact, representative example of mid-nineteenth century residential architecture in Mount Morris and one of the best, most intact Italianate buildings in the village. It has a cubic form, a prominent cupola, tripartite bay windows and abundant decorative woodwork, plus largely intact late nineteenth century interior features. It also recalls the village's mid-century heyday as a canal-side commercial and industrial center on the Genesee Valley Canal.
Machine-generated summary. This summary was generated by a language model from the official nomination document and has not been reviewed line by line by an editor. It may contain errors. Check the source document before relying on any detail. Source: nomination document (PDF) · National Archives catalog entry. NRHP reference 98001580, listed January 7, 1999. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence high).
Key facts
| Address | 8 State St., Mount Morris |
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| County | Livingston County |
| Listed | January 7, 1999 |
| Reference number | 98001580 |
| Resource type | Building |
| Period of significance | ca. 1850s |
| Architectural style | Late Victorian: Italianate |
| Criteria |
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| Areas of significance | Architecture |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Historic and current function is listed as a single-family dwelling; original interior features survive substantially intact. |
| Acreage | 0.9 |
| Coordinates | 42.72584, -77.87317 (NPS GIS) |
What listing means for this property
National Register listing is honorary for a privately owned home: it does not by itself restrict what an owner may do with their own money, and it does not require public access. Restrictions come from local landmark or historic-district ordinances, which are separate (how they differ).
Owner-occupied houses are not eligible for the 20% federal rehabilitation tax credit, which applies to income-producing buildings, but many states offer credits for homeowners. Listing also opens the door to preservation easements and to buying a plaque. Start with what listing means for homeowners, renovating a listed house and selling one.
General information, not legal or tax advice. Rules change; confirm with your State Historic Preservation Office or a qualified adviser.
Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 98001580.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q5914546
- This listing as JSON
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