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- ↑ "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)" (Searchable database). New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation . Retrieved 2015-11-01.Note: This includes Michael Herschensohn and Anne B. Covell (January 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: William Erwin House" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-11-01. and Accompanying photographs
