Alfred Village Historic District

Alfred Village Historic District covers the historic core of a small village in rural Allegany County, New York. It sits in the narrow valley between the campuses of Alfred University, the S.U.N.Y. College of Ceramics and the S.U.N.Y. College of Agriculture and Technology. The district includes 133 properties along Main Street and parts of Church, Ford, Glenn, Park, Sayles, Terrace and West University Streets. Buildings range from the Federal style Century House of about 1818, the village's oldest structure, to early twentieth century Colonial Revival and Neoclassical designs. Nearly one hundred are residences, alongside commercial blocks, a school, a library, a firehouse and a church. Carnegie Hall, a Beaux-Arts library, and a one-acre village green form the focal point. The district's defining feature is terra-cotta, used for red tile roofs and decorative trim, which unifies a varied collection of buildings. The boundary was drawn to include only the most intact and architecturally significant structures.