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The New York State Board for Historic Preservation has nominated 35 historic sites that it hopes will meet national register criteria, according to the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Properties that fulfill national register criteria are added to the National Register of Historic Places, a valuable designation for historic buildings and districts in need of funds for historic preservation and visitor services.
The State and National Registers of Historic Places are the official lists of buildings, structures, districts, landscapes, objects and sites significant in the history, architecture, archeology and culture of New York State and the nation. National register criteria includes age and integrity of the site, historical significance, connection to people and events, and architectural or engineering achievements.
New York boasts 90,000 historic preservation sites meeting state or national register criteria, either individually or as components of historic districts. Some of the famous and not-so-famous historic places include Brooklyn's Green-Wood Cemetery, New York City Hall, the Brooklyn Bridge, Boscobel Restoration in the Hudson Valley and the Saratoga Race Course.
The proposed additions to the National Register of Historic Places include:
Bronx County's Crotona Play Center, a 1936 Art Moderne complex championed by Mayor Fiorello La Guardia and Robert Moses and built by the Works Progress Administration, and one of eleven immense outdoor swimming pools opened in Depression-era New York
The Park Avenue Historic District from 79th to 96th Street in Manhattan. This section of Park Avenue features fine examples of 1910s and 1920s apartment buildings erected after the center esplanade replaced the open railroad tunnel.
The Chilton Avenue-Orchard Parkway Historic District in Niagara Falls, a rare, intact collection of residential buildings from the late 1800s and early 1900s "that reflect the appearance and character of the city in its heyday."
Amelita Galli-Curci Estate in the Ulster County hamlet of Fleischmanns. This 1922 Catskill mountain estate, built for the acclaimed opera star Amelita Galli-Curci, was designed by architect Harrie T. Lindeberg and originally named Sul Monte.
For the complete list, visit the New York State Parks website.
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