Covert Historic District is a national historic district located at

Covert Secrecy is the practice of hiding information from certain individuals or groups who do not have the "need to know", perhaps while sharing it with other individuals. That which is kept hidden is known as the secret. Secrecy is often controvers ...

in Seneca County, New York. The district includes 21 properties located in the hamlet of Covert. The district is primarily residential and structures represent a variety of functions and styles spanning the period from 1810 to 1920. The earliest structure was built as a

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and it also includes the Town Hall, First Baptist Church (and cemetery), a modest schoolhouse, and Grange Meeting Hall. ''See also:'' It was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...

in 1980.

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