The Iron Clad Building is a landmarked building in

Cooperstown Cooperstown is a village in and county seat of Otsego County, New York, United States. Most of the village lies within the town of Otsego, but some of the eastern part is in the town of Middlefield. Located at the foot of Otsego Lake in the C ...

, New York. It was built in 1862 by

James Bogardus James Bogardus (March 14, 1800 – April 13, 1874) was an American inventor and architect, the pioneer of American cast-iron architecture, for which he took out a patent in 1850. Early life Bogardus was born in the town of Catskill in New York o ...

, the pioneer of

cast iron architecture Cast-iron architecture is the use of cast iron in buildings and objects, ranging from bridges and markets to warehouses, balconies and fences. Refinements developed during the Industrial Revolution in the late 18th century made cast iron relative ...

.Margot Gayle, Cast Iron Architecture in America, Dover Books, 1974, p. 236 It is a contributing building to the

Cooperstown Historic District The Cooperstown Historic District is a national historic district in Cooperstown, Otsego County, New York, that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. It encompasses 232 contributing properties: 226 contributing build ...

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Buildings and structures completed in 1862 Buildings and structures in Otsego County, New York James Bogardus buildings 1862 establishments in New York (state) Cast-iron architecture in New York (state) Historic district contributing properties in New York (state) {{NewYork-struct-stub