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Ashcroft
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National Register of Historic Places

Ashcroft

On the National Register since 197551 years
GothicListed 1975Geneva
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Many listed buildings are private homes. Please enjoy them from the street.

About

About Ashcroft

Ashcroft, at 112 Jay St., was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Nov 20, 1975. It was among the first 4 of Geneva’s 16 listings. The Register lists it for its landscape design and architecture, at the state level. It describes its style as Gothic, as it does for 140 other New York listings. The listing covers 5 acres.

What it isHistoric home located at Geneva, Ontario County, New York, USA. From Wikidata (CC0). Read about it on Wikipedia ↗

PDFRead the original nominationThe form that put it on the Register, with its history, photos and a map · 33 MB · National Archives↗
Through the years

1862 to today

  1. 1862Built, designed by Calvert Vaux
  2. 1975Added to the National Register of Historic Places
  3. 2026On the Register for 51 years
Visit

Make it a walk: 3 landmarks in about 10 minutes

112 Jay St., Geneva · about 0.4 miles on foot, as the crow flies

DirectionsWalk the tour in Google Maps
  1. 1AshcroftStart here
  2. 2South Main Street Historic DistrictGreek Revival · 0.3 mi on
  3. 3Geneva Hall and Trinity Hall, Hobart & William Smith CollegeBuilding · next door
Around it

8 more Register listings within a mile

★ National Historic Landmark · D district · B building · S site. Each opens its own page.

BNester HouseItalian Renaissance Villa0.5 miSWashington Street CemeterySite0.7 miBSmith's Opera HouseRenaissance0.9 miDSt. Stephen's Roman Catholic Church ComplexDistrict0.9 miBGeneva ArmoryLate Victorian0.9 miBUS Post Office-GenevaColonial Revival1 miDGeneva Downtown Commercial Historic DistrictDistrict1 miBFarmers and Merchants BankBuilding1 mi
More like it

Gothic style, nearby

Other National Register listings within 25 miles described as Gothic.

South Main Street Historic District0.3 mi away
Seneca Falls Village Historic District10.2 mi away
Clifton Springs Sanitarium10.7 mi away
North Main Street Historic District15.4 mi away

Memories of Ashcroft

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Questions about Ashcroft

Is Ashcroft on the National Register of Historic Places?

Yes. It was added on Nov 20, 1975 (Register number 75001218).

Is Ashcroft a National Historic Landmark?

No. It is on the National Register; New York has 273 National Historic Landmarks. The nearest is Rose Hill, 2.4 miles away.

Can you visit Ashcroft?

Our record doesn’t say whether it is open to visitors. Many listed buildings are private, so it may only be seen from the street.

Where can I read the history of Ashcroft?

In its National Register nomination, the form that put it on the Register: a 33 MB PDF at the National Archives, linked on this page.

Sources: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026) · National Archives catalog record 75320489 · Wikidata. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.