The Hanover Square Historic District is a downtown business district in Horseheads, New York.[2] Most of the buildings in the district were built between 1862 and 1882 in the Romanesque Revival style. The homogeneity of the district is owed to the fact that a fire levelled the town in 1862, allowing for redevelopment in this manner. The brick buildings, with their decorative corbelling, are remarkably intact.
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| Location | Horseheads, New York |
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| Coordinates | 42°10′3″N 76°49′16″W / 42.16750°N 76.82111°W |
| Built | 1862 |
| Architect | Multiple |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival, Other, Romanesque |
| NRHP reference No. | 82001094[1] |
| Added to NRHP | October 29, 1982 |
The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[2]
History
editThere was a small village built around a large rock deposited by a glacier by the time General John Sullivan came to the area during the Sullivan Expedition. The Town of Horseheads grew from this small settlement around the rock, into a larger town. Later expansions away from the square produced the 1855 Extension Historic District.
Gallery
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Decorative corbelling on a building in the district -
Rock deposited by glaciers in the center of the square
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References
edit- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ a b Janette Johnstone (August 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination:Hanover Square Historic District". Retrieved September 9, 2008. and Accompanying 9 photos, from 1981 Archived March 18, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
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