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Geneseo Historic District

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Location
  
Geneseo, New York

Area
  
3.27 kmĀ²

Designated NHLD
  
July 17, 1991

Architect
  
Claude Fayette Bragdon

Geneseo Historic District

NRHP Reference #
  
77000948 (original) 85000642 (increase)

Added to NRHP
  
July 9, 1977 (original) March 21, 1985 (increase)

Architectural styles
  
Queen Anne style architecture, Italianate architecture

Similar
  
The Homestead, First Universalist Church, Finger Lakes, Barclays Center, Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Geneseo Historic District, known also as Main Street Historic District, is a historic district in Geneseo, New York. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1991.

The district includes Geneseo's historic commercial center and its most refined residential neighborhood, plus the 102.8-acre (0.416 km2) estate of the Wadsworth family. That estate, The Homestead (Geneseo) was already separately listed in 1974. The district consists of 312 properties, of which 288 are contributing. The historic district was recognized by listing on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977 as Main Street Historic District, and a boundary increase to the district enlarged it in 1985.

Description of Properties

Properties included in the district are:

  • Temple Hill Cemetery
  • Avon Road, east side:
  • The Hartford House, c. 1836, another Wadsworth family property.
  • Avon Road, west side:
  • Soldiers Monument
  • St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church
  • St. Mary's Rectory
  • Center Street, north side:
  • Thirty residences and buildings, from 3 Center Street up to 81 Center Street
  • Central Presbyterian Church (c.1939)
  • Center Street, south side:
  • ...
  • 2nd St.
  • Wadsworth Library
  • Geneseo Baptist Church
  • Old Antheum Library
  • (to be expanded)

    References

    Geneseo Historic District Wikipedia