Municipal Building (Oneonta, New York) Explained

Municipal Building
Location:	238-242 Main St., Oneonta, New York
Coordinates:	42.4544°N -75.0614°W
Mapframe:	yes
Mapframe-Marker:	building
Mapframe-Zoom:	12
Mapframe-Caption:	Interactive map showing the location for Municipal Building Oneonta
Built:	1906
Architect:	Linn Kinne
Architecture:	Beaux Arts
Added:	October 29, 1982
Refnum:	82001233

Municipal Building, also known as Old City Hall, is a historic city hall building located at Oneonta in Otsego County, New York, United States. It is three story masonry building with an ornate facade of painted brick and terra cotta, built in 1906 in the Beaux-Arts style. A central tetrastyle pavilion in the Ionic order dominates the upper floors. In 1978 a neocolonial clock tower was erected on the roof. It housed the municipal government until 1980, when they moved to the Old Post Office building.^[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. It is located within the Oneonta Downtown Historic District established in 2003.^[2]

Notes and References

Web site: Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS). New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Searchable database. 2016-03-01. https://archive.today/20150701003048/http://cris.parks.ny.gov/. 2015-07-01. dead. Note: This includes Web site: National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Municipal Building . 2016-03-01 . Lucy A. Breyer . PDF . June 1982 . and Accompanying five photographs
Web site: Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS). New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Searchable database. 2016-03-01. https://archive.today/20150701003048/http://cris.parks.ny.gov/. 2015-07-01. dead. Note: This includes Web site: National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Oneonta Downtown Historic District . 2016-03-01 . Kathleen LaFrank . PDF . July 2003 .