Vernon Center, New York
Vernon Center, New York | ||
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ZIP code 13477 | ||
| Area code(s) | 315 & 680 | |
| GNIS feature ID | 968496[1] | |
Vernon Center is a
The Vernon Center Green Historic District was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985, as "a rare surviving example in central New York State of an eighteenth century New England type village green." The protected district includes the Victorian Gazebo erected in 1901, the Green itself, the Parkside United Methodist Church and parsonage, and the former Vernon Center Presbyterian Church, recently restored and reopened as a community venue called This Old Church.[4]
The first religious sermon in Vernon Center was given outdoors in the fall of 1799 by Rev. Samuel Kirkland, missionary to the Oneidas, and founder of what became Hamilton College.[5]
Notable person
- Ellen A. Dayton Blair (1837–1926), social reformer and art teacher
References
- ^ "Vernon Center". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ United States Postal Service. "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved September 30, 2017.
- ^ "Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code". United States Postal Service. Retrieved September 30, 2017.
- ^ Robert Englert (July 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Vernon Center Green Historic District". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved December 10, 2009.
- ^ Butler, Dr. H. Eugene (1994). Pioneers of Vernon Center, New York. Canastota, NY: Canastota Publishing Co. p. 158.
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