{"id":31974,"date":"2019-12-05T08:16:40","date_gmt":"2019-12-05T13:16:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/?p=31974"},"modified":"2019-12-05T08:25:35","modified_gmt":"2019-12-05T13:25:35","slug":"gateway-center-building-in-jamestown-nominated-to-state-and-national-registers-of-historic-places","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/gateway-center-building-in-jamestown-nominated-to-state-and-national-registers-of-historic-places\/","title":{"rendered":"Gateway Center Building in Jamestown Nominated to State and National Registers of Historic Places"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_31975\" style=\"width: 799px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Gateway-Center.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31975\" data-attachment-id=\"31975\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/gateway-center-building-in-jamestown-nominated-to-state-and-national-registers-of-historic-places\/gateway-center\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Gateway-Center.jpg?fit=789%2C526&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"789,526\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Gateway Center\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The Gateway Center on Water St. in Jamestown&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Gateway-Center.jpg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Gateway-Center.jpg?fit=789%2C526&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-31975\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Gateway-Center.jpg?resize=789%2C526&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"789\" height=\"526\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Gateway-Center.jpg?w=789&amp;ssl=1 789w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Gateway-Center.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Gateway-Center.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 789px) 100vw, 789px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-31975\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Gateway Center on Water St. in Jamestown<\/p><\/div>\n<p>JAMESTOWN &#8211; A manufacturing landmark that is now the location of several human service agencies has been nominated to be added to the <strong>State and National Registers of Historic Places<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Governor <strong>Andrew Cuomo<\/strong> announced on Wednesday that a dozen historic locations around the state were nominated for listing on the State and National Registers of Historic Places, which can provide owners with grants and tax credits to support rehabilitation projects.<\/p>\n<p>The only location in Chautauqua County to be nominated this year is the <strong>Gateway Center<\/strong> building on Water St., which was originally built to house the <strong>Empire Worsted Mills<\/strong> in Jamestown. Hundreds of people worked at the Worsted Mills during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The mills closed in 1955 and then became the <strong>Chautauqua Hardware Corporation Factory<\/strong>, which remained in operation until the mid 2000s.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/parks.ny.gov\/shpo\/national-register\/documents\/nominations\/EmpireWorstedMillsJamestownChautauquaCounty.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>READ THE DRAFT APPLICATION<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Once recommendations are approved by the state historic preservation officer, the properties are listed on the New York State Register of Historic Places. Properties are then nominated to the National Register of Historic Places, where they are reviewed and, once approved, entered into the National Register.<\/p>\n<p>The Gateway Center is currently home to several agencies, including the <strong>Mental Health Association<\/strong>, the <strong>St. Susan Center<\/strong> and <strong>Community Helping Hands<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_26173\" style=\"width: 306px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Gateway-Lofts-2.png?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26173\" data-attachment-id=\"26173\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/listen-first-details-of-34-million-gateway-lofts-housing-proposal-presented-to-city-strategic-planning-and-partnership-commission\/gateway-lofts-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Gateway-Lofts-2.png?fit=705%2C797&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"705,797\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Gateway Lofts 2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Artist&#8217;s rendering of the Gateway Lofts project upon completion. &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Gateway-Lofts-2.png?fit=265%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Gateway-Lofts-2.png?fit=705%2C797&amp;ssl=1\" class=\" wp-image-26173\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Gateway-Lofts-2.png?resize=296%2C335&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"296\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Gateway-Lofts-2.png?w=705&amp;ssl=1 705w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Gateway-Lofts-2.png?resize=265%2C300&amp;ssl=1 265w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 296px) 100vw, 296px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-26173\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Artist&#8217;s rendering of the Gateway Lofts project upon completion.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p>In 2018 officials with Community Helping Hands, the <strong>Jamestown YWCA<\/strong> and other organizations proposed renovating much of the building in order to develop 75 apartment units on the second, third, and fourth floor of the building known as the <strong>Gateway Lofts Project<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/listen-hearing-on-gateway-lofts-proposal-receives-positive-comments-some-questions-and-concerns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>RELATED: HEARING ON GATEWAY LOFTS PROJECT RECEIVES MOSTLY POSITIVE COMMENTS [OCT 2018]<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>However, that proposal is currently in a holding pattern after the<strong> Jamestown Planning Commission<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/planning-commission-calls-on-gateway-lofts-project-to-address-environmental-concerns-before-moving-forward\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">determined in October 2018<\/a> that the proposed project does not comply with the spirit or intent of the city&#8217;s <strong>Neighborhood Revitalization Plan<\/strong>, adding that as proposed, the Gateway Lofts will create a significant impact on the environment that will perpetuate the cycle of devaluating, disinvestment, neglect and abandonment identified in the Neighborhood Revitalization Plan. As a result a positive declaration was made by the Commission, halting the forward movement of the project.<\/p>\n<p>Since October 2018, the developers of the Gateway Lofts project have reportedly been working with the city planning department to address the issues outlined in the positive declaration and will likely resubmit their proposal at some point in the future.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the dozen locations being nominated to the State and National Register of Historic Places, another ten projects received 2019 State Historic Preservation Awards &#8211; though none are located within Chautauqua County.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JAMESTOWN &#8211; A manufacturing landmark that is now the location of several human service agencies has been nominated to be added to the State and National Registers of Historic Places. Governor Andrew Cuomo announced on Wednesday that a dozen historic locations around the state were nominated for listing on the State and National Registers of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":31975,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[4],"tags":[122,8825,5662,9786,931,7953,1156,1176,6970,1648,8841,3956,2083],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Gateway-Center.jpg?fit=789%2C526&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3YlJ4-8jI","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":20608,"url":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/lakeview-ave-historic-district-nominated-for-state-and-national-registers-of-historic-places\/","url_meta":{"origin":31974,"position":0},"title":"Lakeview Ave. Historic District Nominated for State and National Registers of Historic Places","author":"WRFA Radio","date":"December 21, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"JAMESTOWN - The historic Lakeview Ave. area of Jamestown is being recommended to be added to the State and National Registers of Historic Places. 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