Goodman, Stephen L., House
Why it's listed
Built about 1860 for Stephen L. Goodman, this five-bay, two-story brick house at 65-67 Park Street in Glens Falls has a gable roof, a center-hall plan and a rear service wing. It stands on a rubble foundation faced with limestone ashlar, with stone sills and lintels, a pedimented entrance porch, a port-cochere and a bracketed side porch. The house was renovated inside around 1895 to designs by local architect Ephraim B. Potter, divided into multiple residences about 1925, and converted to a funeral home about 1945. It is significant as the residence of a leading industrial family tied to the Jointa Lime Company, whose quarry and canal works lay on the Hudson River below the bluff. Workers' houses grew up nearby. It is the only upper middle class residence in the city that still shows the link between owners, workers and the source of wealth, and one of few surviving pre-Civil War houses in Glens Falls, built in a late Federal/Greek Revival form.
Significance in brief: It is the substantial home of a prominent Glens Falls industrialist family and the only such residence left in the city's southeast quarter. It sits on a bluff above the Hudson River and the Jointa Lime Company works, showing the relationship between owners and workers. It is also one of few pre-Civil War houses surviving in the city, in a late Federal/Greek Revival form.
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 84003345, listed September 29, 1984. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence medium).
Key facts
| Address | 65-67 Park St., Glens Falls |
|---|---|
| County | Warren County |
| Listed | September 29, 1984 |
| Reference number | 84003345 |
| Resource type | Building |
| Architect / builder | Architect and builder unknown; ca. 1895 interior renovation designed by local architect Ephraim B. Potter |
| Architectural style | Vernacular brick residence; eclectic late Federal/Greek Revival |
| Areas of significance | Architecture |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Condition rated good; in use as a funeral home (commercial office) at the time of the inventory; a potential hospital expansion was listed as a threat. |
| Acreage | 0.9 |
| Coordinates | 43.30754, -73.63328 (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 84003345.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q7609727
- This listing as JSON
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