Terra Cotta Building (Alfred, New York)

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Coordinates: 42°15′27″N 77°47′19″W / 42.25750°N 77.78861°W / 42.25750; -77.78861
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Terra Cotta Building
Terra Cotta Building, 2012
Terra Cotta Building (Alfred, New York) is located in New York
Terra Cotta Building (Alfred, New York)
Terra Cotta Building (Alfred, New York) is located in the United States
Terra Cotta Building (Alfred, New York)
LocationMain St., Alfred, New York
Coordinates42°15′27″N 77°47′19″W / 42.25750°N 77.78861°W / 42.25750; -77.78861
Arealess than one acre
Built1892 (1892)
ArchitectCeladon Terra Cotta Co.
NRHP reference No.72000820[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 16, 1972

Terra Cotta Building is a historic office building and display center located at Alfred in Allegany County, New York. It was built in 1892 by the Celadon Terra Cotta Company.[2] It is a one-story, 16-foot-wide (4.9 m), 25-foot-deep (7.6 m) building built almost entirely of bricks, ornamental terra cotta, and roofing tiles manufactured by Celadon.[3] The building was designed as a sales office for the company, and was considered a "catalog" of their work. A replica was erected at the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago.[4] The building was the only remaining structure after a fire broke out on August 29, 1909 and destroyed the Alfred factory of the Ludowici-Celadon Company.[5]

In 1969, when Alfred University planned to construct a new gymnasium on the site, the Alfred Historical Society worked to preserve and move the building.[6] It was relocated to its present site, across the street from the Alfred Post Office, in 1974. The Alfred Historical Society hosts open houses throughout the year for people wishing to examine the interior and learn about the history of the building and the tile company.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.[1]

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  • Terra Cotta Building side view, April 2012
    Terra Cotta Building side view, April 2012

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ The Celadon Terra Cotta Co. Archives and Special Collections at Herrick Memorial Library Archived 2010-12-25 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2014-10-27
  3. ^ NYS Office of Parks and Recreation (1976). National Register of Historic Places in NYS: The First Five Years 1969-1973. Division of Historic Preservation. p. 14.
  4. ^ Rasmussen, Thomas (2001). Walking the Village of Alfred. Alfred Historical Society. pp. II.
  5. ^ Bouck, Dr. Warren L. "The Celadon Terra Cotta Co". Herrick Memorial Library Alfred Archives. Alfred University. Archived from the original on 25 December 2010. Retrieved 29 March 2011.
  6. ^ "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)" (Searchable database). New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2016-06-01. Note: This includes H. B. Harrington and L. H. Klinke (December 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Terra Cotta Building" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-06-01. and Accompanying four photographs

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