Municipal Building, also known as Old City Hall, is a historic

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building located at Oneonta in

Otsego County, New York Otsego County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 58,524. The county seat is Cooperstown. The county's population center is Oneonta. The name ''Otsego'' is from a Mohawk or Oneida word m ...

, United States. It is three story masonry building with an ornate facade of painted brick and

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, built in 1906 in the Beaux-Arts style. A central tetrastyle

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in the

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dominates the upper floors. In 1978 a neocolonial clock tower was erected on the roof. It housed the municipal government until 1980, when they moved to the Old Post Office building. ''Note:'' This includes an
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in 1982. It is located within the

Oneonta Downtown Historic District Oneonta Downtown Historic District is a national historic district located at Oneonta in Otsego County, New York. It encompasses 64 contributing buildings and one contributing site. It encompasses the city's intact commercial and civic core a ...

established in 2003. ''Note:'' This includes

References

Government buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Beaux-Arts architecture in New York (state) Government buildings completed in 1906 Buildings and structures in Oneonta, New York National Register of Historic Places in Otsego County, New York Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in New York (state) 1906 establishments in New York (state) {{OtsegoCountyNY-NRHP-stub