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Geneva Downtown Commercial Historic District (Geneva, New York)

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NRHP Reference #
  
14000225

Year built
  
1840

Area
  
6 ha

Added to NRHP
  
20 May 2014

Geneva Downtown Commercial Historic District (Geneva, New York)

Location
  
8-156 Castle, 16 & 20 E. Castle, 396-555 Exchange, 20-120 Seneca, 24-52 Linden & 317, 319, 325 & 329 Main Sts., Geneva, New York

Built by
  
Solomon Persons and Edward Siglar

Architect
  
Pierce & Bickford; Lloyd Phillips Adams

Architectural style
  
Greek Revival, Romanesque, Italianate, Colonial Revival, Art Deco, et al.

Geneva Downtown Commercial Historic District is a national historic district located at Geneva, Ontario County, New York. It encompasses 83 contributing buildings in the central business district of Geneva. They were built between about 1840 and 1940, and include notable examples of Greek Revival, Italianate, Romanesque Revival, Colonial Revival, and Art Deco style commercial architecture. Located in the district are the separately listed Farmers and Merchants Bank, Smith's Opera House, and United States Post Office. Other notable buildings include the Prouty Block (1876), YMCA (1902), Wheat Building (1904), Guard Building (1917, 1924), Geneva City Hall (1913, 1940), Odd Fellows Building (1884-1890), and Kresge Building (1928).

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.

References

Geneva Downtown Commercial Historic District (Geneva, New York) Wikipedia