Fort Plain Historic District Explained

Fort Plain Historic District
Nrhp Type:hd
Nocat:yes
Location:Roughly area around Canal & Main Sts., Fort Plain, New York
Coordinates:42.9308°N -74.6228°W
Built:c. -1938
Architecture:Federal, Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, Italianate, Second Empire, Queen Anne, Beaux-Arts
Added:August 15, 2012
Area:185.66acres (original size)
Refnum:12000510[1]
Increase:October 25, 2022
Increase Refnum:100008321

Fort Plain Historic District is a national historic district located at Fort Plain in Montgomery County, New York. When first listed it encompassed 536 contributing buildings, 2 contributing sites, 1 contributing structure, and 2 contributing objects in the central business district and surrounding residential sections of the village of Fort Plain. It developed between about 1786 and 1938, and included notable examples of Federal, Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, Italianate, Second Empire, Queen Anne, and Beaux-Arts style architecture. Located in the district is the separately listed United States Post Office. Other notable contributing resources include the Red Mill (c. 1860), Firemen's Home (c. 1830-1840), Methodist Church (1880), Baptist Church (1896), Reformed Church (1887), high school (1915), Nellis Memorial Chapel, Watkins Block (1936), Montgomery Hall (c. 1900), Wick Block (c. 1890), Village Hall (c. 1875), and Fort Plain Cemetery (est. c. 1850).[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2012,[1] with a boundary increase in 2022.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Listings. 2012-08-24. Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 8/13/12 through 8/17/12. National Park Service.
  2. Web site: Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS) . http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20190404141934/https://cris.parks.ny.gov/ . dead . 2019-04-04 . . Searchable database . 2016-02-01 . Note: This includes Web site: National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Fort Plain Historic District . 2016-02-01 . Jessie Ravage . PDF . March 2012 . and Accompanying photographs