Scholes Library
Scholes Library is a special academic library located at Alfred University that serves the New York State College of Ceramics, Inamori School of Engineering, as well as for the greater international arts and sciences research community.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Library
- Description: special academic library located at Alfred University
- Also known as: “Scholes Library of Ceramics”
- Address: 272 State Street, Alfred, NY 14802
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Terra Cotta Building and Allen Steinheim Museum.
Terra Cotta Building
Museum
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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 480 feet west of Scholes Library.
Allen Steinheim Museum
Building
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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 770 feet south of Scholes Library.
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 2,300 feet south of Scholes Library.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Alfred and Hartsville.
Alfred
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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 Scholes Library.
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 Scholes Library.
Scholes Library
- Categories: building and education
- Location: Alfred, Allegany County, Southern Tier, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.25671° or 42° 15′ 24″ northLongitude
-77.78737° or 77° 47′ 15″ westElevation
1,739 feet (530 metres)Inception
1990Operator
Alfred UniversityOpen location code
87J47647+M3OpenStreetMap ID
way 556112832OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=libraryOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesGeoNames ID
7241039Wikidata ID
Q18705809
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