Church Street-Congress Street Historic District

Church Street-Congress Street Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Location:	Roughly bounded by S. Main, Church, Park and Congress Sts., Moravia, New York
Coordinates:	42°42′36″N 76°25′7″W / 42.71°N 76.41861°W / 42.71; -76.41861Coordinates: 42°42′36″N 76°25′7″W / 42.71°N 76.41861°W / 42.71; -76.41861
Area:	43 acres (17 ha)
Architectural style:	Greek Revival, Federal, Italianate
Governing body:	Local
MPS:	Moravia MPS
NRHP Reference#:	92001364[1]
Added to NRHP:	February 03, 1994

Church Street-Congress Street Historic District is a national historic district located at Moravia in Cayuga County, New York. The district contains one contributing structure and 123 contributing buildings. It is primarily a residential district and preserves several intact examples from the village's earliest period of development, 1810-1830. Numerous residential structures date to the 1830-1840 period and are in the Greek Revival style. This includes the Federal style Congregational Church (1823). Other churches located in the district are the Romanesque style Baptist Church (1874) and the Gothic Revival St. Matthew's Episcopal Church (1897–1898). The district also includes the Powers Library (1880) building and Moravia High School (1924).^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
2. ^ R. Anne Safley (August 1992). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Church Street-Congress Street Historic District". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=918. Retrieved 2009-11-10.  See also: "Accompanying 26 photos". http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=101163.