Sidney Historic District

Coordinates: 42°18′57″N 75°23′42″W / 42.31583°N 75.39500°W / 42.31583; -75.39500
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Sidney Historic District
Sidney Municipal Building, May 2009
Sidney Historic District is located in New York
Sidney Historic District
Sidney Historic District is located in the United States
Sidney Historic District
LocationRailroad Ave., River, Bridge & Main Sts., Sidney, New York
Coordinates42°18′57″N 75°23′42″W / 42.31583°N 75.39500°W / 42.31583; -75.39500
Area419.27 acres (169.67 ha)
Built1771 (1771)
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Gothic Revival, Italianate, Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, Bungalow
NRHP reference No.13000679[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 4, 2013

Sidney Historic District is a national historic district located at Sidney, Delaware County, New York. It encompasses 906 contributing buildings, 3 contributing sites, and 3 contributing structures in the northern half of the village of Sidney. The village developed after about 1771, and includes notable examples of Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, Italianate, Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, and Bungalow architecture. Located in the district is the separately listed Pioneer Cemetery. Other notable contributing resources are the Johnston-Clum House (1798), Spencer Block, Fairbanks Building, Elks Lodge #2175 (c. 1915), Sidney High School (1929), municipal building (1909), Sidney Memorial Library, MacDonald Hose Company (1943), First Congregational Church (1808), United Methodist Church (1931), Smith-Cable house (1808), Ezra Clark house (c. 1820), and Prospect Hill Cemetery. The district also includes one especially well-documented multi-component archeological site representing the period 850 BC-1400 AD.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "National Register of Historic Places". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 9/02/13 through 9/06/13. National Park Service. September 13, 2013.
  2. ^ "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)" (Searchable database). New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved March 1, 2016. Note: This includes Anna Blinn Cole and Kathleen LaFrank (April 2013). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Sidney Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved March 1, 2016.