Terra Cotta Building
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.Photo: Kkirschn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Museum
- Description: building in New York, United States
- Also known as: “Terra Cotta”
- Roof shape: gabled
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Scholes Library and Allen Steinheim Museum.
Scholes Library
Library
Photo: Stahlmaggie, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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. Scholes Library is situated 480 feet east of Terra Cotta Building.
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 940 feet southeast of 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 2,400 feet southeast of Terra Cotta Building.
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 Terra Cotta Building.
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 Terra Cotta Building.
Terra Cotta Building
- Categories: building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Alfred, Allegany County, Southern Tier, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.25649° or 42° 15′ 23″ northLongitude
-77.78913° or 77° 47′ 21″ westLevels
1Open location code
87J47646+H8OpenStreetMap ID
way 556112833OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumOpenStreetMap attribute
roof-shape=gabledWikidata ID
Q7703073
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