Sheldon Hall is a historic collegiate building located on the campus of the

State University of New York at Oswego State University of New York at Oswego (SUNY Oswego or Oswego State) is a public college in the City of Oswego and Town of Oswego, New York. It has two campuses: historic lakeside campus in Oswego and Metro Center in Syracuse, New York. SUN ...

at Oswego in

Oswego County, New York Oswego County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 117,525. The county seat is Oswego. The county name is from a Mohawk-language word meaning "the pouring out place", referring to the point at ...

. It was built in 1911 and is a Neoclassical style structure that consists of a two-story main block built of brick and

terra cotta Terracotta, terra cotta, or terra-cotta (; ; ), in its material sense as an earthenware substrate, is a clay-based unglazed or glazed ceramic where the fired body is porous. In applied art, craft, construction, and architecture, terracotta ...

above a raised basement with flanking wings. It features a copper clad clock tower and belfry above a

pediment Pediments are gables, usually of a triangular shape. Pediments are placed above the horizontal structure of the lintel, or entablature, if supported by columns. Pediments can contain an overdoor and are usually topped by hood moulds. A pedimen ...

on the main block. ''See also:'' It was listed on the

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in 1980.

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School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Neoclassical architecture in New York (state) School buildings completed in 1911 State University of New York at Oswego Buildings and structures in Oswego County, New York National Register of Historic Places in Oswego County, New York 1911 establishments in New York (state) {{OswegoCountyNY-NRHP-stub