Italian Community Bake Oven is a historic community bake oven located at Little Falls in Herkimer County, New York. It was built about 1891 and is abandoned. The utilitarian structure consists of a large rectangle of stone masonry outer walls enclosing the brick bake oven. The dimensions are approximately 16 feet wide, 20 feet deep, and 6 feet high. It was built to furnish large quantities of bread for Italian immigrant railroad workers in a work camp during 1891–1893.[2]
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| Location | NY 167, Little Falls, New York |
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| Coordinates | 43°2′21″N 74°50′2″W / 43.03917°N 74.83389°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1891 |
| NRHP reference No. | 06001003[1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 8, 2006 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Raymond W. Smith (June 2006). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Italian Community Bake Oven". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2010-01-08. See also: "Accompanying five photos".
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