Women's Community Club of South Valley, originally South Valley Union Church, is a historic

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building located at South Valley in

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. It was built in 1846 in the

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style and slightly altered in 1879 with the addition of contemporary Victorian decoration. It is a one-story wood-frame building on a shallow rubble stone foundation. After its religious function ceased in the mid-1940s, the building was adapted for community use by the Ladies Missionary Aid Society. In 1971 the building was taken over by the Women's Community Club of South Valley. ''See also:'' It was listed on the

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in 1999.

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Clubhouses on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) History of women in New York (state) Religious buildings and structures completed in 1846 Buildings and structures in Otsego County, New York Women's club buildings in New York (state) National Register of Historic Places in Otsego County, New York {{OtsegoCountyNY-NRHP-stub