Tip Top

Tip Top is a hamlet in Alfred, Allegany County, New York. Tip Top is situated nearby to the hamlet Tinkertown, as well as near Alfred Station.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Stull Observatory and Terra Cotta Building.

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 2 miles north of Tip Top.

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 2½ miles north of Tip Top.

Alumni Hall

College building

Photo: Twitch396, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Alumni Hall, also known as Chapel Hall, is a historic multipurpose building located on the campus of Alfred University at Alfred in Allegany County, New York. Alumni Hall is situated 2 miles north of Tip Top.

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 5 miles east of Tip Top.

Tip Top

Type: Hamlet
Also known as: “Tip Top Summit”
Category: locality
Location: Alfred, Allegany County, Southern Tier, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.22313° or 42° 13′ 23″ north

Longitude

-77.78972° or 77° 47′ 23″ west

Elevation

1,808 feet (551 metres)

Open location code

87J466F6+74

OpenStreetMap ID

node 158625536

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

5141054

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