The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation today announced recommendations by the New York State Board for Historic Preservation to add 25 properties and districts to the State and National Registers of Historic Places. The nominations include an intact 1905 metal casting foundry complex in Hudson, an 1873 house that reflects Syracuse’s layered history of immigration, urban renewal, and grassroots preservation, a cohesive group of Colonial Revival apartment buildings in Kenmore built during the 1920s and 1930s suburban housing boom, and an amendment to the 1971 nomination for Revolutionary-era Senate House in Kingston to include its 1920s commemorative museum annex.

The nominations were reviewed March 12, 2026, at a meeting of the New York State Board for Historic Preservation.

New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Acting Commissioner Kathy Moser said, “These nominations highlight the depth and diversity of New York’s historic places and the communities that value them. Through this work, we help identify and document the places that tell New York’s story while connecting property owners and communities with resources that support the preservation and revitalization of these historic places.”

State and National Register listing can assist owners in revitalizing properties, making them eligible for various public preservation programs and services, such as matching state grants and federal and state historic rehabilitation tax credits.

New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Deputy Commissioner for Historic Preservation Daniel Mackay said, “The Division for Historic Preservation is committed to expanding the State and National Registers of Historic Places. Listing historic places in the State and National Registers helps ensure that the buildings, landscapes, and stories that shape New York’s communities are recognized. These nominations both document our shared heritage and open the door to preservation resources that support revitalization, strengthen local identity, and encourage pride of place.”

New York State continues to lead the nation in the use of historic tax credits, with $9.6 billion in total rehabilitation investments from 2019-2025. Since 2006, the historic tax credit program has stimulated over $16.4 billion in project expenditures in New York State, creating significant investment and new jobs. According to a report, between 2019 to 2023, the credits in New York State generated 91,386 jobs and over $1.79 billion in local, state and federal taxes.

The State and National Registers are the official lists of buildings, structures, districts, landscapes, objects, and sites significant in the history, architecture, archaeology and culture of New York State and the nation. There are more than 131,000 historic properties throughout the state listed in the National Register of Historic Places, either individually or as components of historic districts. Property owners, municipalities, and organizations from communities throughout the state sponsored the nominations.

Once recommendations are approved by the Commissioner, who serves as the State Historic Preservation Officer, the properties are listed in the New York State Register of Historic Places and then nominated to the National Register of Historic Places, where they are reviewed by the National Park Service and, once approved, entered in the National Register. More information, with photos of the nominations, is available on the Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation website.

Capital Region

Pine Hollow Road Historic District, Albany County – Located in Slingerlands and designed by renowned Albany architect Henry L. Blatner, the Pine Hollow Road Historic District represents three different house styles from 1941 to 1947: the Colonial Revival- style Schwartz House, the Prairie-style Stein House, and the mid-century Blatner House – designed by Blatner himself for his own family. Blatner, who was described as “the preeminent practitioner of contemporary architectural design in Albany,” designed each to integrate within their larger setting in Pine Woods, which was typical of the region. These houses and their small, secluded cul-de-sac development have seen little changes, apart from the Pine Hollow Arboretum, which was established in 1966.

Stuyvesant Landing Historic District, Columbia County – The Stuyvesant Landing Historic District in Stuyvesant is significant as a remarkably intact Hudson River landing community whose built environment reflects nearly two centuries of development from circa 1750 through 1935. The district preserves its village-like scale, architectural diversity, and historic relationship to the surrounding landscape, portions of which remain agricultural in character, reinforcing its long-standing role as a river landing.

Whelan Bottling Works, Rensselaer County – The Whelan Bottling Works is significant for its long association with the industrial production and distribution of mineral water and bottled beverages in Troy. Established about 1881 by entrepreneur, politician, and plumber Dennis J. Whelan, the enterprise capitalized on a natural spring on the property at a time when mineral water enjoyed widespread popularity and concerns about municipal water quality made sanitary bottled beverages increasingly desirable. Operating for more than seventy years, the Whelan enterprise developed an extensive delivery network that supplied mineral water, soft drinks, and, briefly in the early twentieth century, beer to consumers throughout Troy and the surrounding region. The complex retains a cohesive group of purpose-built industrial resources arranged around a rear courtyard, including the circa 1881 brick spring house and bottling plant, a circa 1900 brick machine shop later used as a warehouse, and accompanying brick stable and garage built circa 1885. The buildings represent a rare surviving example of a late nineteenth and early twentieth century bottling works and is an enduring link to Troy’s manufacturing and commercial history.

Liddle Warehouse, Warren County – The Liddle Warehouse is a remarkably intact example of a wholesale grocery warehouse and operated as the principal wholesale grocer in Glens Falls from 1918 until 1939. As part of the essential “triumvirate” of manufacturer, wholesaler, and retailer, the John Liddle Co. Inc. purchased goods in bulk, warehoused them, and redistributed smaller quantities, often through daily deliveries, to retail grocers, hotels, and restaurants from Lake George in the north to the Hudson River in the south. Its exterior clearly expresses its internal functions: large front windows denote office space; expansive rear openings indicate rail unloading areas; multiple side doorways mark truck loading bays; and smaller hopper windows correspond to bulk storage areas occupying the majority of the structure. Constructed using heavy timber “mill construction,” a system designed to reduce fire risk, the building stands as a tangible reminder of early twentieth-century distribution practices and the commercial infrastructure that supported regional trade.

Railway Steel Spring Company Foundry and Sand House, Columbia County – Constructed in 1905 for the Railway Steel Spring Company and designed by local architect Henry S. Moule, the foundry and sand house in the City of Hudson are exceptionally intact examples of early twentieth-century industrial building types associated with metal casting. Together, they illustrate the full range of spaces and processes required for foundry operations and retain the materials, construction methods, and spatial organization that defined their function. The complex includes a large open production shed and casting floor, a one-story sand room for the preparation and storage of molds, a two-story cupola furnace house where metal was melted, and paired two-story ovens for firing mold cores. The central production shed is dominated by the expansive casting area, where sand molds and cores were assembled, molten metal was transported and poured, and castings were cooled and removed. A physically separated northern section accommodated fettling fresh sand by rail, reclaiming and reconditioning used sand, and storing this critical material for reuse in the casting process. Collectively, the building presents a rare example of a fully integrated twentieth-century foundry complex.

Albany Industrial and Warehouse Historic District, Albany County – The Albany Industrial and Warehouse Historic District is one of the earliest settlement areas of the city of Albany, and its street pattern and boundaries are the result of historic and economic forces that have shaped the area since the 1600s. The district is significant as a distinctive intact urban neighborhood that served as Albany’s industrial center for more than a century. The district’s location, at the eastern terminus of the Erie Canal and adjacent to river and rail transportation corridors, made it a significant transshipment center, where products from as far away as the Midwest were moved to Atlantic seaboard ports, and products from the industrialized northeast were shipped to the central and southern parts of the country. Among the district’s earliest industries were stove making and lumber. These were followed by ironworks and breweries, architectural ironwork, pianos, glass, storage of grocery and animal products, and papermaking, which included the invention of modern toilet paper. The district buildings are also significant examples of industrial building types as they evolved during the period of significance, demonstrating transitions in forms for manufactories and warehouse design in response to shifting manufacturing needs and new technologies. Despite their utilitarian function, a number of these buildings were designed by some of Albany’s best-known architects, including Charles Ogden, Gander, Gander and Gander, William Wollett, Charles Hunter Van Guysling, Marcus T. Reynolds, and York and Sawyer. As the needs of Albany’s industries changed, its existing buildings were easily adapted, and new companies took advantage of the existing transportation routes. These influences perpetuated the district’s industrial character for over a century. The period of significance extends from 1853 to 1975. 

Central NY

Coughlin Brothers-Babson Brothers Factory, Onondaga County – The Coughlin Brothers-Babson Brothers Factory building was a flexible manufacturing facility that supported two dynamic twentieth century businesses in Syracuse and represents a transitional phase in architectural industrial design. Constructed in 1927 for the Coughlin Brothers Company (1927-1942), the factory housed the production of a wide range of confectionery goods, including chocolate bars, hard candy, jellybeans, marshmallows, and salted peanuts. Following the company’s closure in 1942 due to wartime sugar rationing, the building was adapted by the Babson Brothers Company (1942-1963), manufactures of dairy equipment whose products, including the patented Surge Milker and stainless steel-lined farm freezers, contributed to the mechanization of the dairy industry. In 1944, the company expanded operations with the addition of a Quonset hut sheet metal shop on an adjacent lot, linked to the main building by covered corridors.

Ignatius Fiesinger House, Onondaga County – Constructed in 1873 by German-American carpenter Ignatius Fiesinger, the house is significant for its associations with immigrant settlement, early suburban development, urban renewal, and the emergence of the historic preservation movement in Syracuse. The house was later owned for five decades by the Popoff family, Bulgarian immigrants who occupied the property from 1923 until the era of urban renewal. The house is one of the only surviving residential properties representing Syracuse’s earliest suburban growth in that sector, which occurred in the 1870s. In the twentieth century, due to redlining and other discriminatory housing practices, this neighborhood became the heart of Syracuse’s African American community. Later, the city’s urban renewal campaigns of the 1960s and 1970s cleared large sections of the neighborhood and displaced seventy-five percent of its residents. Condemned in 1973, the house was saved in 1976 through the advocacy and purchase by Ian Nitschke and Walda Metcalf, an early act of grassroots preservation that aligned with the broader national preservation movement. Architecturally, the vernacular Italianate townhouse is distinguished by its rectangular massing, flat roof with bracketed cornice, stone lintels and sills, and well-preserved interior finishes, including plaster ceiling medallions, marbleized mantels, and rare decorative stenciling that reflect the craftsmanship and decorative traditions of the late 1800s. Today, the Fiesinger House stands as a tangible record of immigrant experience, architectural tradition, and community-based preservation in Syracuse.

Finger Lakes

LeRoy Methodist Episcopal Church, Genesee County – The LeRoy Methodist Episcopal Church is an excellent local example of a Richardsonian Romanesque church with an “Akron Plan” Sunday School. Built in 1885-1886 during a period of changing architectural tastes and pedagogical practices, the church’s style and “Akron Plan” Sunday School illustrate early adoption of those trends in LeRoy. The church is among the first designed by the Dryer family of architects, who designed around seventy-five churches and countless residences in the greater Rochester area between 1884 and 1976. It is also notable as one of the last large-scale buildings in LeRoy constructed from locally cut limestone. And while local materials supported the structure, the church also received continued investment from the local Woodward family, owners of the Jell-O Company.

Nathaniel Hawthorne School No. 25, Monroe County – Built in 1914-1915, the Nathaniel Hawthorne School No. 25 in the City of Rochester is architecturally significant for its integration of progressive elementary school planning to create a distinctive civic identity. Designed by Edwin S. Gordon, the building’s front administration block drew inspiration from the Salem Custom House, where Nathaniel Hawthorne worked while writing The Scarlett Letter. In contrast, the rear classroom wing reflects progressive educational principles of the early 1900s. Its single-story plan features flanking classrooms, each with its own exterior entrance and abundant natural light, emphasizing health, safety, and operational efficiency that were central to school planning in the era.

Mid-Hudson

Demarest–Bernard House, Highland, Ulster County – The Demarest-Bernard House is a notable example of a 1700s Ulster County stone house in the hamlet of Highland that has evolved through modifications in the 1800s and 1900s. Originally constructed circa 1798 using traditional local materials and building methods, the house was expanded around 1835 with a westward addition in the same stone style. In the 1960s, as historic homes throughout the Hudson Valley were being preserved, the Demarest-Bernard House underwent renovations incorporating Colonial Revival-style elements. Despite updates, the house has maintained the integrity of its original construction while accommodating the changing needs of its residents.

Grinnell–Satterlee House, Dutchess County – The Grinnell-Satterlee House in the Town of Wappingers Falls is a prominent example of an eclectic Gothic Revival style cottage with transitional Queen Anne elements. Constructed circa 1864 and expanded in 1882, the house reflects the influence of the Picturesque movement popular in the Hudson Valley during the mid to late 1800s and illustrates stylistic transitions between Gothic Revival and Queen Anne architecture. Originally purchased by shipping merchant Irving Grinnell and his wife, Joanna Howland, in 1864, the home was enlarged in 1882 to accommodate Henry Yates Satterlee and his family. Despite changes in ownership and a brief use as a coeducational summer camp in the mid-1900s, the Grinnell-Satterlee House remains well preserved, retaining the character and design details of its late 1800s construction.

Howell-Hinchman Tannery, Orange County – The Howell-Hinchman Tannery in the City of Middletown was once recognized as “one of the largest leather factories in the country.” The first tannery on the site opened in 1862 and in 1866 the Newark-based T.P. Howell Company purchased the property, expanding operations under the Howell-Hinchman Company name. Over the following decades, the factory complex grew from a collection of primarily wood-frame structures in the 1880s into the massive U-shaped brick conglomeration of the early 1900s that survives today. At the height of production, the tannery accommodated every stage of leather manufacturing, including bark mills, curing vats, and expansive floors for splitting, finishing, and drying hides. Architecturally, the complex exemplifies late 1800s and early 1900s industrial design, most notably through an unusual structural system in which portions of the upper floors are suspended from above by iron rods rather than support from below. This innovation created unobstructed space to accommodate the enormous vats essential to the tanning process, making the tannery both functionally and structurally distinctive.

Senate House and Museum Annex, Ulster County – The Senate House and Museum Annex, is significant for its association with the formation of New York State’s government during the American Revolution and for its role in the early 1900s for commemoration of that history during the American Revolution’s sesquicentennial. The Senate House, home to Kington’s Ten Broeck and van Gaasbeek families, served as the meeting place for New York State’s first Senate in 1777, during the tumult of the Revolutionary War. These direct connections to the state’s political leadership and wartime efforts led to its acquisition by New York State in 1887 as a site of public commemoration. The property’s significance was further expanded in the late 1920s with the construction of the Museum Annex, a fireproof repository and exhibition space designed by the state architect’s office in a simple stone motif drawn from the region’s historic vernacular. The annex provided exhibition and archival space for the site’s historical collections and was a centerpiece of sesquicentennial commemorations marking New York’s statehood and the 1777 burning of Kingston by British forces. Together, the Senate House and Museum Annex demonstrate both the Revolutionary-era history of New York and the state’s early efforts to preserve and interpret historic sites; this nomination expands the Senate House’s original 1971 National Register listing to include the museum annex. Recent preservation work at this site was supported in part by the Historic Preservation Fund (HPF) administered by the National Park Service.

Mohawk Valley

DeVillers-Cope Mills Historic District, Otsego – Located in the Town of New Lisbon, the Devillers-Cope Mills Historic District encompasses 16 acres along Butternut Creek and Myers Mills Road in Otsego County. The district includes a former grist mill, the remains of a sawmill and fulling mill, and two residences with associated barns situated on both sides of the creek. Together, these resources form a cohesive cultural landscape centered on early water-powered industry. The district represents patterns of post-Revolutionary War settlement in central New York, when land speculators and agents established mills to attract settlers to newly surveyed lands. Gristmills for grinding grain, sawmills for lumber, and fulling mills for woolen cloth were important industries for preparing local production for larger markets.  The surviving buildings and mill sites at Myers Mills vividly illustrate the role of water-powered enterprise in shaping early development in Otsego County.

New York City

Nostrand Houses, Kings County and Ralph J. Rangel Houses, New York County - The Norstrand Houses in Brooklyn and Ralph J. Rangel Houses in Manhattan are public housing developments constructed in 1950-1951 as part of the New York City Housing Authority’s (NYCHA) response to post-World War II housing shortages and delays in federal funding, which was not restored until the 1949 Housing Act. Both complexes were funded directly by the city under its “no-cash-subsidy” program, intended for middle-income residents whose earnings exceeded the eligibility for standard subsidized housing but who could not afford private market rents. Initial preference was given to returning World War II veterans. Although both developments served similar populations, the Rangel Houses were almost entirely occupied by Black residents, while the Nostrand Houses had predominantly white tenants. While state law and NYCHA policy prohibited discrimination as early as 1939, a combination of institutional practices and neighborhood demographics resulted in de facto segregation. NYCHA focuses its anti-discrimination efforts on tenant selection rather than placement, often assigning residents in ways that reflected the racial composition of surrounding neighborhoods. These developments exemplify both the promise and limitations of early postwar public housing policy in addressing the nation’s housing crisis while navigating the social realities of mid-twentieth century New York City.

North Country

Church of Saint Sacrament, Warren County – The Church of Saint Sacrament (also known as Saint Sacrement Episcopal Church) in the Town of Bolton is a distinguished example of mid-nineteenth century ecclesiastical architecture in the Gothic Revival style. Completed in 1869, the imposing one-story church was designed by the Reverend Robert Fulton Crary, who drew inspiration from the work of Richard Upjohn and from English country chapels built in the Episcopalian tradition. Crary also designed Episcopal churches in Lake George Village and Schuylerville, each built by local carpenters and masons. Originally designed to complement the grand estates of “Millionaire’s Row” between Lake George Village and Bolton Landing, the church has been in continuous use since its completion in 1869.

Southern Tier

Six Nations Cemetery, Schuyler County – Set amid the rolling hills of western Schuyler County, Six Nations Cemetery is a small half-acre burial ground established by Euro-American settlers in the years immediately following their arrival in what is now the Town of Orange. There, they formed a small agricultural community they called “Six Nations.” While the name is widely recognized as referring to the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, the cemetery itself is not associated with Haudenosaunee governance or burial traditions. Instead, it reflects the demographic and cultural presence of the Euro-American families who migrated into the region after the displacement of Indigenous communities in the wake of the 1779 Sullivan-Clinton Campaign. “Six Nations” may have referred to the varied European origins of these settlers, signaling a shared identity within their emerging community. The small cemetery includes veterans of three of America’s formative wars – the Revolution, the War of 1813, and the Civil War – as well as the men, women, and children who helped establish the town. Today, Six Nations Cemetery preserves an important record of this early community and the historic art, imagery, and poetic epitaphs they expressed to mark the passing of their loved ones.

Western NY

Middlesex Gardens Apartment Complex, Chautauqua County – Constructed between 1947 and 1949 by Middlesex Denef, Inc. in the Village of Fredonia, the Middlesex Garden Apartment Complex is a notable example of a mid-1900s Colonial Revival “garden apartment,” a housing type that gained popularity in the post World War II era. Characterized by low-rise, multi-unit buildings arranged across landscaped grounds with shared courtyards, green spaces, and parking areas, the complex reflects both functional planning and aesthetic trends of its time. The buildings feature simplified Colonial Revival detailing, including red brick walls, classical door surrounds, symmetrical facades with centered entrances, and white pedimented dormers. The apartments were designed to complement the company’s planned subdivision along Middlesex Drive.

Chapel Road Apartment Houses, Erie County – The Chapel Road Apartment Houses were constructed between 1928 and 1930 by developers Clark & Landers during the interwar housing boom in the Village of Kenmore. This intact group of two-story masonry apartment buildings was designed for middle-class families and reflects the Colonial Revival style, presenting a classic appearance that encouraged occupancy by young middle-class residents while integrating the apartments into the suburban streetscape.

South Presbyterian Church, Erie County – Located at 1782 Seneca Street in the City of Buffalo, the South Presbyterian Church is a well-preserved example of an early 1900s Colonial Revival institutional church. Designed in 1922 by local architect and congregation member Thomas H. McKaig and completed in 1923, the building combines a formally composed sanctuary inspired by Early American precedents and James Gibbs’s Sait Martin-in-the-Fields in London, with a substantial rear wing purposefully built for classrooms, offices, and recreational facilities. 

Cold Spring Storage Company Warehouse, Erie County – The Cold Spring Storage Company Warehouse in the City of Buffalo is an intact example of an early 1900s reinforced concrete warehouse associated with the long-standing operations of the Cold Spring Storage Company. Founded in 1895, the company relocated in 1905 to a brick building adjacent to the current structure and, in 1919, commissioned architect G. Morton Wolfe to design a new, state-of-the-art seven-story facility. Constructed of reinforced concrete, the warehouse incorporated modern features for its time, including a freight elevator large enough to accommodate moving trucks and specialized moth-proof storage vaults that garnered newspaper attention in the 1920s. Cold Spring Storage occupied the building until 1978, when it was sold to Diamond Moving and Storage.

Seeger-Scherer Furniture Store Building, Erie County – Constructed in 1884 by the firm of John G. Seeger & Sons, the Seeger-Scherer Furniture Store Building is a fine example of late 1800s commercial architecture and is significant for its long association with Buffalo’s household furnishings trade. Seeger & Sons sold furniture, carpets, lamps, baby carriages, and other domestic products until the Great Depression. The property was then acquired by Frederick Scherer & Sons, owners of Scherer Furniture (established in 1897 at a nearby location) which adapted to changing consumer demands by marketing appliances and radios alongside furniture. Scherer Furniture relocated to the building in 1938 and continued operations there until 2024. Spanning 140 years of continuous use for home furnishings retail, the building stands as a legacy of the family-run furniture store era in American commerce.

Arcade Downtown Historic District, Wyoming County – The Arcade Downtown Historic District encompasses the commercial core of the Village of Arcade and reflects the community’s development between 1852 and 1967. During this period Arcade evolved from a small rural settlement into a regional manufacturing and agricultural center. The arrival of the railroad in the 1870s transformed the village into a transportation hub and trading center, spurring significant economic growth and shaping the character of its downtown. Following a devastating fire in December 1898 that destroyed much of the business district, local merchants rebuilt in the contemporary, fire-resistant architectural styles. In the 1900s, continued growth and the rise of automobile transportation further influenced downtown development, resulting in the addition of mid-century buildings. Collectively, the district’s earliest frame buildings, turn-of-the-century brick row blocks, and later single-story structures illustrate more than a century of architectural and economic evolution in Arcade’s downtown.