Franklin Village Historic District

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Franklin Village Historic District
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Houses at Franklin NY, March 2009
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LocationWakeman and Institute Aves., Main, Center, Maple, Water, 2nd, 3rd, and West Sts., Franklin, New York
Coordinates 42°20′24″N75°9′58″W / 42.34000°N 75.16611°W / 42.34000; -75.16611
Area189 acres (76 ha)
Built1820
ArchitectUpjohn, Richard, & Richard M.
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Italianate, Federal
NRHP reference No. 84002220 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 7, 1984

Franklin Village Historic District is a national historic district located at Franklin in Delaware County, New York. The district contains 242 contributing buildings, four contributing sites, and one contributing object. The majority of the buildings are residential, with three churches, 12 commercial buildings, one industrial structure, five institutional and/or public buildings, four historic cemeteries, and one monument. One of the churches is a board and batten structure reportedly designed by Richard Upjohn and his son Richard M. Upjohn in 1865. Located within the district is the separately listed New Stone Hall. [2]

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It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. [1]

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House on Main Street in historic Franklin, NY

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  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. unknown (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Franklin Village Historic District". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation . Retrieved February 14, 2010.See also: "Accompanying 79 photos".and: "Photo captions".

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