National Register of Historic Places - New York (NY), Chautauqua County

Chautauqua County New York (Historic Districts) has 12 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of National significance and 1 place of Statewide significance. Significant places include Chautauqua Institution Historic District and Lily Dale Assembly Historic District, Center and Pearl Streets Historic District, East Main Street Historic District and Forest Heights Historic District.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Chautauqua County places including Lewis Miller, Paul Peltz, Beck and Tinkham, Frederick Law Olmsted, W.F. Mangels Company, Allan Herschell Carousel Company, John Jones, Romeo Biscaro and Ernest G.W. Dietrich. Prominent architectural styles found in Chautauqua Country are Colonial Revival, Late Victorian and Bungalow/Craftsman.

Center and Pearl Streets Historic District (added 2026 - - #100012812)

Portions of Center, Pearl, and Lodi streets, Forestville

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Area of Significance:

Community Planning And Development

Chautauqua Institution Historic District (added 1973 - - #73001168)

Also known as Chatauqua Assembly

Bounded by Chautauqua Lake, North and Lowell Aves., and NY 17-J , Chautauqua

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Peltz,Paul, Miller,Lewis

Architectural Style:

Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian

Area of Significance:

Education, Landscape Architecture, Religion, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Education, Health Care, Recreation And Culture, Religion, Social

Historic Sub-function:

Music Facility, Resort, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Education, Health Care, Recreation And Culture, Religion, Social

Current Sub-function:

Music Facility, Resort, Single Dwelling

East Main Street Historic District (added 1983 - - #83003893)

E. Main St. , Westfield

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Other, Italianate, Colonial Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Forest Heights Historic District (added 2020 - - #100005570)

Forest Park, Warner Pl., Terrace Pl., Lilac Ln., McKinley Ave., 70-201 Forest Ave., 10-204 Prather Ave., 32-102 and 39-123 Prospect St., 117-153 South Main St., 6 and 11 Broadhead Ave., 67 W, Jamestown

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Area of Significance:

Architecture, Community Planning And Development

Fredonia Commons Historic District (added 1978 - - #78001843)

Also known as See Also:US Post Offices in New York State, 1858-1943, TR

Main, Temple, Church, Day, and Center Sts. , Fredonia

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Et al., Jones,John

Architectural Style:

Early Republic, Mid 19th Century Revival, Late Victorian

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Education, Politics/Government, Community Planning And Development, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Government, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Business, College, Government Office, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Government, Religion

Current Sub-function:

Business, College, Government Office, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling

French Portage Road Historic District (added 1983 - - #83003895)

E. Main and Portage Sts. , Westfield

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, Colonial Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Business, Single Dwelling

Jamestown Downtown Historic District (added 2014 - - #14000935)

Jamestown, Jamestown

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Lakeview Avenue Historic District (added 2017 - - #100000753)

3-907 Lakeview & 55 Newton Aves., 500 E. 6th, 25-47 (odd) & 28 Liberty, 225 & 301 E. 8th, 7 Falconer, 18-19 Strong, Sts., Jamestown

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Beck and Tinkham, Biscaro, Romeo, Dietrich, Ernest G.W.

Architectural Style:

Greek Revival, Mixed (More Than 2 Styles From Different Periods)

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Community Planning And Development

Period of Significance:

1850-1961 AD

Lily Dale Assembly Historic District (added 2022 - - #100007380)

Also known as Cassadaga Lake Free Assembly

South St., Cottage Row, Lake Front Dr., East, 4th, 3rd, 2nd, 1st, North, Library, Buffalo, Marion, and Erie Sts., Cleveland Ave., Ridgeway Cir., The Boulevard, Pomfet

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Area of Significance:

Architecture, Religion, Social History

Middlesex Gardens Apartment Complex (added 2026 - - #100012956)

343 Central Avenue, Fredonia

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Area of Significance:

Architecture

Midway Park (added 2009 - - #09000133)

NY 430 , Maple Springs

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Allan Herschell Carousel Company, W.F. Mangels Company

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Entertainment/Recreation

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Fair

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Fair

Point Chautauqua Historic District (added 1996 - - #96000521)

Roughly bounded by NY 430 and Chautauqua Lake between Lake and Leet Aves. , Maryville

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Olmsted,Frederick Law

Architectural Style:

Other, Queen Anne, Bungalow/Craftsman

Area of Significance:

Community Planning And Development, Architecture, Entertainment/Recreation

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Other, Other, Recreation And Culture, Religion

Current Function:

Other, Recreation And Culture