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Kingsford Historic District
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Kingsford Historic District, November 2010
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LocationRoughly W. Bridge, W. Mohawk, W. Oneida, W. 4th & W. 5th Sts., Oswego, New York
Coordinates 43°27′12″N76°30′48″W / 43.45333°N 76.51333°W / 43.45333; -76.51333
Area21.61 acres (8.75 ha)
Builtc. 1830 (1830)-1910
ArchitectBragdon, Claude; Warner, Andrew Jackson; Hopkins, A.J.; Seeber, John H.
Architectural styleItalianate, Romanesque, Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival
NRHP reference No. 13001114 [1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 22, 2014

Kingsford Historic District is a national historic district located at Oswego, Oswego County, New York. It encompasses 76 contributing buildings in a predominantly residential section of Oswego. It developed between about 1830 and 1910, and includes notable examples of Italianate, Romanesque Revival, Colonial Revival, and Tudor Revival style architecture. Located in the district is the separately listed Kingsford House. Other notable buildings include the former St. Matthew's Lutheran Church (1888), 40 West Oneida Street (1898) designed by Claude Fayette Bragdon, the former Public School #3 (1860s), and West Baptist Church (1867) designed by Andrew Jackson Warner. [2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2014. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register of Historic Places". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 1/21/14 through 1/24/14. National Park Service. January 31, 2014.
  2. "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on July 1, 2015. Retrieved November 1, 2015.Note: This includes Lynn C. Traume and Justin White (March 2010). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Kingsford Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved November 1, 2015. and Accompanying photographs