With its Main Street designated a local historic preservation district and plans to apply for state and national designation for the business district, Brockport’s Historic Preservation Board has turned its attention to the nearly 500 other buildings in the village that are 100 years old or older.

With a $16,190 grant from the State Historic Preservation Office, the board has hired consultant David Taylor to do a reconnaissance survey of 475 still existing structures that appeared on the 1902 tax map. A similar reconnaissance survey was done of the Main Street business district prior to its historic preservation designation.

Taylor’s firm will look at properties from the street or sidewalk, then look back at government records and local historical sources in order to document the historical or architectural significance of each property. Some property owners may be contacted during the process.

Once the survey is complete, the historic preservation board may use it as a base for forming additional historic preservation districts or to allow owners to apply for individual designation.

The reconnaissance survey is expected to be complete by the end of the year.

Recently, 60 Clinton Street, known as Faye’s Garage, was added to the National and State Registries for Historic Places. The stone building was the site of one of the first farm implement manufacturers in western New York. It becomes the fourth Brockport landmark to achieve national and state recognition. The other three are St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, the First Presbyterian Church and the Morgan Manning House.