Houses at 37-47 North Fifth Street
Houses at 37-47 North Fifth Street is the name under which a row of six apartment buildings in Hudson , New York is registered on the National Register of Historic Places . The buildings in an Italian-style architectural style were erected around 1870 by the local contractor Freeman Coons.
They are an intact example of late 19th century workers' housing that was renovated after several decades of neglect in the late 20th century and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003. They were used by a local drug therapy facility in mid-2009 .
building
Five of the six row houses are identical two-story wood-frame buildings with three yokes , which have a continuous gable roof have that with tar paper is covered. You have individual facades in an Italian style with cornices on corbels, sliding windows and paneled entrance door jamb.
The facing east front facade with wooden planks verschindelt , the windows are paired shutters . The basement is exposed to the west, giving the impression that it is a three-story building. Inside, the houses are divided into two or three apartments, some of which are only one-room apartments.
From the row of houses, house number 47 stands out because it has three floors and is almost twice as deep as the other houses in the row. A shop front runs around the corner on the north side; there is a ventilation slot above on the gable end. There are also two flat roof extensions, one of which comprises one floor and the other is two-story. Both extensions have toothed cornices.
history
The whaling that led to the founding of the Hudson began to decline in importance for the local economy in the mid-19th century and was displaced by manufacturing operations. This required the use of workers who had to be accommodated in the growing city. The grid plan of the city was already largely built on, but there was still free space on its edges, near the factories.
In the years following the Civil War , Freeman Coons and his partners, who owned a lumber business, bought land in the vacant area of Fifth Street north of State Street. There they built the houses with the apartments intended for rent. These were built between 1869 and 1871 as anonymous structures and were sold.
The records from the United States Census 1870 show that houses number 43, 45 and 47 of the row of houses were already completed and inhabited; however, the United States Census 1880 names only two of the houses. The data show that the houses were occupied by workers and their families.
Over the course of the following century, the houses remained intact and unchanged, but were in decline, just as the city itself was, even after the Hudson Historic District was designated as a historic district in 1985 , whose antique shops and art galleries attracted visitors. In the late 1990s, Housing Resources of Columbia County (HRCC), whose offices were just around the corner, began an urban renewal program on North Fifth Street to address this "nest of urban decay ". The goal was to buy the neglected properties in the street block, including the townhouses, to convert them into condominiums and reverse the downward trend in the neighborhood.
Combining state and community grants, HRCC was able to acquire and restore most of the block, including the corner houses. During the implementation of the move, HRCC was contacted by Twin County Alcohol and Substance Abuse Services, who were looking for both office space and space to house their patients, withdrawal patients who had already returned to an independent life but still needed outpatient treatment. HRCC decided to redesign the corner houses for this purpose, which ultimately resulted in a usable area of 560 m². This work was completed in 2002.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e Michele Irvin: National Register of Historic Places nomination, Houses at 37–47 North Fifth Street ( English ) New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation . Spring 2003. Archived from the original on June 4, 2012. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved July 8, 2009. A partial version is available at livingplaces.com and does not require JavaScript.
- ^ A b Kevin O'Neill: Housing Resources of Columbia County North Fifth Street Revitalization . NeighborWorks America. 2004. Archived from the original on July 27, 2011. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved June 26, 2009.
Coordinates: 42 ° 15 ′ 2 " N , 73 ° 47 ′ 7" W.