Sheldon Hall is a historic collegiate building located on the campus of the State University of New York at Oswego at Oswego in

Oswego County, New York Oswego County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 United States 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 ...

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

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

pediment Pediments are a form of gable in classical architecture, usually of a triangular shape. Pediments are placed above the horizontal structure of the cornice (an elaborated lintel), or entablature if supported by columns.Summerson, 130 In an ...

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

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...

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