Platt-Cady Mansion

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Platt-Cady Mansion

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Location 18 River St., Nichols, New York
Coordinates 42°1′19″N76°22′0″W / 42.02194°N 76.36667°W / 42.02194; -76.36667 Coordinates: 42°1′19″N76°22′0″W / 42.02194°N 76.36667°W / 42.02194; -76.36667
Area less than one acre
Built 1827
Architectural style Greek Revival, Federal
NRHP reference # 76001286 [1]
Added to NRHP August 13, 1976

Platt-Cady Mansion is a historic home located at Nichols in Tioga County, New York. The original Federal structure was constructed about 1827. It is a large two-story brick mansion, modified at a later date with a visually dominant columned portico in the Greek Revival style. Also on the property is a large two-story carriage-and-horse barn. The Cady Library has occupied the building since 1941. [2]

Nichols, New York Town in New York, United States

Nichols is a town in Tioga County, New York, United States. The town contains a village also called Nichols. The town is on the south border of both the county and the state. The town is halfway between Binghamton and Elmira. The population was 2,525 at the 2010 census. The town is named after Colonel Nichols, an early landowner.

Tioga County, New York County in the United States

Tioga County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 51,125. Its county seat is Owego. Its name derives from an American Indian word meaning "at the forks", describing a meeting place.

Federal architecture architectural style

Federal-style architecture is the name for the classicizing architecture built in the newly founded United States between c. 1780 and 1830, and particularly from 1785 to 1815. This style shares its name with its era, the Federalist Era. The name Federal style is also used in association with furniture design in the United States of the same time period. The style broadly corresponds to the classicism of Biedermeier style in the German-speaking lands, Regency architecture in Britain and to the French Empire style.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. [1]

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

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