National Register of Historic Places

Bundy, Harlow E., House

Binghamton, Broome County, New York
Listed
May 10, 2011
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
11000269

About this property

The Harlow E. Bundy House (also known as the Bundy Museum of History and Art) is a historic house located at 129 Main Street in Binghamton, Broome County, New York. It was built in 1893, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, irregularly massed, Queen Anne style frame dwelling. It features cut stone veneer, a variety of decorative shingles, and a tall conical corner tower. It was built by Binghamton businessman Harlow Bundy (1856-1914), who owned the Bundy Manufacturing Company, a predecessor of IBM. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 11, 2011. The Bundy Museum of History and Art features exhibits about the Bundy Manufacturing Company and its founders including a display of time recording clocks in a recreation of the Bundy Manufacturing Company's 1893 World's Fair booth; a gallery with ancestral and ceremonial African artifact; a vintage 20th-century barber shop room; changing exhibits about local history; and the Southern Tier Broadcasters Hall of Fame which honors such pioneers as Rod Serling, Richard Deacon and Bill Parker. The museum's open art gallery for works by upcoming as well as established artists. The museum also hosts the Rod Serling Archive, with original wire images, TV and film props, memorabilia and personal items. Media related to Bundy Museum of History and Art (Binghamton, New York) at Wikimedia Commons

Location

129 Main St.
Binghamton, Broome County, New York
42.10362, -75.92756

Categories

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Sources

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When was Bundy, Harlow E., House listed on the National Register?

Bundy, Harlow E., House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 10, 2011.

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Bundy, Harlow E., House is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Bundy, Harlow E., House is recorded as the industrial era.

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