Italian Community Bake Oven Explained

Italian Community Bake Oven
Location:NY 167, Little Falls, New York
Coordinates:43.0392°N -74.8339°W
Built:1891
Added:November 8, 2006
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:06001003

Italian Community Bake Oven is a historic community bake oven located at Little Falls in Herkimer County, New York. It was built about 1891 and is abandoned. The utilitarian structure consists of a large rectangle of stone masonry outer walls enclosing the brick bake oven. The dimensions are approximately 16 feet wide, 20 feet deep, and 6 feet high. It was built to furnish large quantities of bread for Italian immigrant railroad workers in a work camp during 1891–1893.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Registration: Italian Community Bake Oven. June 2006. 2010-01-08 . Raymond W. Smith. New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. See also: Web site: Accompanying five photos.