Scholes Library of Ceramics

Scholes Library of Ceramics is a library in Alfred, Allegany County, New York which is located on State Street. Scholes Library of Ceramics is situated nearby to the museum Terra Cotta Building, as well as near the building Allen Steinheim Museum.

Type: Library
Also known as: “Scholes Library”
Address: 272 State Street, 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 480 feet west of Scholes Library of Ceramics.

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 770 feet south of Scholes Library of Ceramics.

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 of Ceramics.

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 Scholes Library of Ceramics.

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 of Ceramics.

Scholes Library of Ceramics

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″ north

Longitude

-77.78737° or 77° 47′ 15″ west

Elevation

1,739 feet (530 metres)

Inception

1990

Operator

Alfred University

Open location code

87J47647+M3

OpenStreetMap ID

way 556112832

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=library

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

GeoNames ID

7241039

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