Morse Farm is a historic farm property located in the village of
Moravia
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The me ...
in
Cayuga County, New York
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. Its main building is a two-story, frame
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farmhouse
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. The house is in a "big house, little house, back house" configuration. Portions of the house reportedly date to 1794; the house was remodelled into essentially its present form about 1815. Also on the property is a 19th-century two-story barn with
board and batten
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siding.
[ Includes six photos from 1994.]
It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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in 1995.
Its address in National Register registration was 53 South Main St. but the street has been renumbered; it located at what is now 52 South Main St.
A historic plaque identifies the original portion of the house, what is now the kitchen area, as the oldest in Moravia.
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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state)
Federal architecture in New York (state)
Houses completed in 1794
Houses in Cayuga County, New York
National Register of Historic Places in Cayuga County, New York
1794 establishments in New York (state)
Farms in New York (state)
Moravia (village), New York
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