Alfred University

Alfred University is an university in Alfred, Allegany County, New York. Alfred University is situated nearby to the building Allen Steinheim Museum, as well as near the museum Terra Cotta Building.

Type: University
Also known as: “Alfred Academy” and “Select School”
Address: Alfred, NY 14802

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Terra Cotta Building and Allen Steinheim Museum.

Terra Cotta Building

Museum

Photo: Kkirschn, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Terra Cotta Building is a historic building built by the Celadon Terra Cotta Company at Alfred, New York in 1892. The structure is a one-story, 16-foot-wide, 25-foot-deep building built almost entirely of bricks, architectural terracotta, and roofing tiles manufactured by the company. Terra Cotta Building is situated 1,000 feet west of Alfred University.

Allen Steinheim Museum

Building

Photo: Bdesham, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Allen Steinheim Museum is a historic building and former museum located on the campus of Alfred University at Alfred in Allegany County, New York. It is a crenellated stone structure built from 1876 to 1880 to house the "mineral, geological, natural, and man-made curiosities" of Alfred University's second president Jonathan Allen. Allen Steinheim Museum is situated 570 feet southwest of Alfred University.

Stull Observatory

Observatory

Stull Observatory is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by Alfred University located in Alfred, New York and named after John Stull, who helped establish the observatory in 1966. Stull Observatory is situated 1,900 feet south of Alfred University.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Alfred and Hartsville.

Alfred

Photo: Bdesham, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Alfred, the home of Alfred University is a small town in Allegany County in the Southern Tier of New York.

Hartsville

Hamlet

Hartsville is a town in Steuben County, New York, United States. The population was 561 at the 2020 census. The town is named after a prominent early settler, Reuben Hart. The Town of Hartsville is on the county's western border and is south of Hornell. Hartsville is situated 4½ miles east of Alfred University.

West Almond

Hamlet

West Almond is a town in Allegany County, New York, United States. The population was 280 at the 2020 census. West Almond is centrally located in the eastern part of the county and is west of Hornell. West Almond is situated 6 miles northwest of Alfred University.

Alfred University

Category: education
Location: Alfred, Allegany County, Southern Tier, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.25596° or 42° 15′ 21″ north

Longitude

-77.78541° or 77° 47′ 8″ west

Elevation

1,739 feet (530 metres)

Operator

Alfred University

Open location code

87J47647+9R

OpenStreetMap ID

way 541105413

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=university

GeoNames ID

5106960

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In Other Languages

“Alfred University” goes by many names.

Esperanto: “Universitato Alfred”

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