Second Baptist Society of Ulysses, now known as Trumansburg Conservatory for the Arts, is a historic

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located at Trumansburg in

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. The building has a rectangular footprint comprising a front gable main block, built between 1849 and 1851, with a later frame addition with a hipped roof completed about 1902. It measures 54.5 feet wide by 85 feet deep, with an additional 10 feet for the porch, or

verandah A veranda or verandah is a roofed, open-air gallery or porch, attached to the outside of a building. A veranda is often partly enclosed by a railing and frequently extends across the front and sides of the structure. Although the form ''vera ...

. The porch is supported by four fluted

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columns in the

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style. The church was sold to the Trumansburg Conservatory for the Arts in 1982. ''Note:'' This includes an
''Accompanying four photographs''
/ref> It was listed on the

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in 2001.

References

External links

Trumansburg Conservatory of Fine Arts website
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