Canal Town Museum

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Canal Town Museum
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Canal Town Museum, September 2009
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Location122 Canal St., Canastota, New York
Coordinates 43°4′47″N75°45′6″W / 43.07972°N 75.75167°W / 43.07972; -75.75167 Coordinates: 43°4′47″N75°45′6″W / 43.07972°N 75.75167°W / 43.07972; -75.75167
Arealess than one acre
Built1873
MPS Canastota Village MRA
NRHP reference No. 86001292 [1]
Added to NRHPMay 23, 1986

Canal Town Museum is a former bakery and residence now housing a museum and located at Canastota in Madison County, New York. It was built about 1873 and is a small rectangular frame building surmounted by a low-pitched hipped roof. It is representative of the type of combined commercial / residential structures that once lined the canal basin in Canastota's central business district. [2]


It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2019-04-04. Retrieved 2016-05-01.Note: This includes Naomi I. Klein (July 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Canal Town Museum" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-01.