Honeoye Falls Village Historic District
Also known as: See Also:Lower Mill; US Post Office--Honeoye Falls; St. John's
Why it's listed
Honeoye Falls Village Historic District covers the old center of a village in southeast Monroe County, about 15 miles south of Rochester. Settlement began in 1791, when miller Zebulon Norton built a grist mill beside the upper falls of Honeoye Creek. The district takes in roughly 130 acres and 217 contributing resources, among them stone mills, brick and frame commercial blocks around the Four Corners, churches, a village hall, a 1927 high school and many houses with their carriage houses and barns. Buildings range from Federal and Greek Revival structures of the 1820s and 1840s to Italianate, Second Empire and Queen Anne designs of the late nineteenth century. Examples include the four-story Upper Mill, the Lower Mill, the Greek Revival Presbyterian Church of 1841 and Ontario Street's Queen Anne houses. The district was listed for its local importance as a well-preserved industrial village whose streetscapes retain a high degree of integrity, while newer intrusions were left outside the boundary.
Significance in brief: The form describes the district as locally significant, with a commercial core, mills, churches and civic buildings that retain high integrity of design, setting, feeling, association, materials and craftsmanship. The village grew along falls in Honeoye Creek as an industrial community, and its streets hold intact Federal, Greek Revival, Italianate, Second Empire and Queen Anne buildings. The excerpt does not give the criteria or the formal period of significance.
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 93001225, listed November 24, 1993. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence medium).
Key facts
| Address | Roughly, jct. of Main, Monroe and Ontario Sts. and adjacent areas, Honeoye Falls |
|---|---|
| County | Monroe County |
| Listed | November 24, 1993 |
| Reference number | 93001225 |
| Resource type | District |
| Architect / builder | Local builders Martin Pierce (9 York Street, ca.1842) and Levi Hill (Queen Anne houses on Ontario Street, 1890s) are named; no single architect is given for the district. |
| Architectural style | Early Republic/Federal, Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, Italianate, Second Empire, Queen Anne, Bungalow and Craftsman |
| Areas of significance | Architecture |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | The district is described as retaining a high level of integrity, and its historic functions largely continue today, including dwellings, shops, government buildings, schools and churches. |
| Acreage | 130 |
| Coordinates | 42.94802, -77.59028 (NPS GIS) |
What listing means for this property
This is a historic district. Buildings within its boundary are either contributing (they add to the district's significance) or non-contributing. Owners of contributing income-producing buildings can claim the 20% federal rehabilitation tax credit; homeowners should look at state credits. National Register districts impose no design review by themselves; a local historic district ordinance, if one exists, does (the difference explained).
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 93001225.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q5893232
- This listing as JSON
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