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.

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Type: Museum
Description: building in New York, United States
Also known as: “Terra Cotta”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Allen Steinheim Museum and Stull Observatory.

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 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.

Alumni Hall

College building

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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 1,200 feet south of Terra Cotta Building.

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 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″ north

Longitude

-77.78913° or 77° 47′ 21″ west

Levels

Roof shape

gabled

Open location code

87J47646+H8

OpenStreetMap ID

way 556112833

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

Wikidata ID

Q7703073

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