The Calvin A. Buffington House is a historic house located at Depot Street and Railroad Avenue in

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Description and history

It is a two-story, frame pattern book house, built in 1909. Also on the property is a contributing frame

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and

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sidewalk. It was the home of Calvin A. Buffington, who patented a

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design that he manufactured in Berkshire until 1926. It was listed on the

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on July 2, 1984.

References

Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Houses completed in 1909 Houses in Tioga County, New York National Register of Historic Places in Tioga County, New York {{TiogaCountyNY-NRHP-stub