Church Street-Congress Street Historic District
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Church Street–Congress Street Historic District is a national historic district located in the village of Moravia in Cayuga County, New York. The district contains 122 contributing buildings and one contributing structure. 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). It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. U.S. Post Office (1940–41), South Main Street, WPA brick building. St. Matthew's Episcopal Church (1897–1898), 16 Church St. A clapboarded frame church with a corner tower. Has noncontributing church school addition, built c.1960. Powers Library (1880), with Romanesque Revival style for its front, brick building First Congregational Church (1823), now Christ United Methodist Church, Federal in style with three-stage bell tower First Baptist Church (1874), 37 Church Street, brick Romanesque Revival building, expanded in 1891 Jewett Mansion (c.1870), 30 Church Street, Second Empire mansion with c.1870 carriage house
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When was Church Street-Congress Street Historic District listed on the National Register?
Church Street-Congress Street Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on February 3, 1994.
What type of historic resource is Church Street-Congress Street Historic District?
Church Street-Congress Street Historic District is classified as a district in the National Register of Historic Places.
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The period of significance for Church Street-Congress Street Historic District is recorded as the listed era.
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