Bainbridge Historic District is a national historic district located at Bainbridge in

Chenango County, New York Chenango County is a county located in the south-central section U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 47,220. Its county seat is Norwich. The county's name originates from an Oneida word meaning 'large bull-thist ...

. The district includes 93 contributing buildings, two contributing sites, one contributing structure, and one contributing object. It encompasses the village's most intensive concentration of historically and architecturally significant properties. It includes commercial, residential, civic, and ecclesiastical buildings. It includes the

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with

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and the adjacent United Presbyterian Church (1831) and St. Peter's Episcopal Church (1826). Other notable buildings include the Bainbridge Town Hall (1909), Old Jericho Tavern (1805, 1817), and First United Methodist Church (1902). Located within the district are the house and carriage house of the separately listed Charles C. Hovey House and Strong Leather Company Mill. ''See also:'' It was added to the

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in 1982.

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Image:United Presbyterian Church May 09.jpg, United Presbyterian Church, May 2009

References

Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Historic districts in Chenango County, New York National Register of Historic Places in Chenango County, New York {{ChenangoCountyNY-NRHP-stub