Horace O. Moss House

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Horace O. Moss House

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Horace O. Moss House, May 2009
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Location 45 S. Main St., New Berlin, New York
Coordinates 42°37′16″N75°19′55″W / 42.62111°N 75.33194°W / 42.62111; -75.33194 Coordinates: 42°37′16″N75°19′55″W / 42.62111°N 75.33194°W / 42.62111; -75.33194
Area less than one acre
Built 1831
Architect Upjohn, Richard; Pierre, Jacquemart
Architectural style Federal
NRHP reference # 74001224 [1]
Added to NRHP May 17, 1974

Horace O. Moss House, also known as Preferred Manor, is a historic home located at New Berlin in Chenango County, New York. It was built in 1831 and is a 2-story, five-by-five-bay, fieldstone house with a 1-story frame addition and truncated hip roof with central belvedere. It was reportedly designed by Richard Upjohn and features an elegant Federal period interior. It is located in the New Berlin Historic District. [2]

New Berlin (village), New York Village in New York, United States

New BerlinBUR-lin is a village in Chenango County, New York, United States. The population was 1,028 at the 2010 census. The village is by the east town line of the town of New Berlin and is northeast of Norwich.

Chenango County, New York County in the United States

Chenango County is a county located in the south-central section U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 50,477. Its county seat is Norwich. The county's name originates from an Oneida word meaning "large bull-thistle."

Fieldstone

Fieldstone is a naturally occurring type of stone, which lies at or near the surface of the Earth. Fieldstone is a nuisance for farmers seeking to expand their land under cultivation, but at some point it began to be used as a construction material. Strictly speaking, it is stone collected from the surface of fields where it occurs naturally. Collections of fieldstones which have been removed from arable land or pasture to allow for more effective agriculture are called clearance cairns.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. [1]

National Register of Historic Places federal list of historic sites in the United States

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance. A property listed in the National Register, or located within a National Register Historic District, may qualify for tax incentives derived from the total value of expenses incurred preserving the property.

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