Cherry Valley Village Historic District
Why it's listed
Cherry Valley Village Historic District covers the historic core of a small Otsego County village at the headwaters of Cherry Valley Creek. The district is organized around the crossroads of Alden, Montgomery, Lancaster-Genesee and Main Streets, and includes 232 contributing features. Most are houses, along with commercial buildings, four churches, two governmental buildings, a cemetery, monuments and a spring house. Federal, Greek Revival and Italianate buildings predominate, with Gothic Revival churches and Queen Anne houses. Key landmarks include the 1815 limestone Cherry Valley National Bank, the first in Otsego County, and a row of limestone Italianate stores on Main Street. The village grew as a regional center for milling, iron founding, hops, dairying, education and worship. It later developed a resort trade and a Route 20 tourism revival between 1925 and 1955. Highway and railroad changes in the 1950s isolated the village from further development.
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| Styles | Predominantly Federal, Greek Revival and Italianate, with Gothic Revival, Second Empire, Queen Anne and Colonial Revival examples |
|---|---|
| Areas of significance | Architecture |
| Acreage | 95 |
| Boundary source | NPS cultural-resource GIS polygon |
| Full listing page | Cherry Valley Village Historic District (property record) |
What listing means for this property
This is a historic district. Buildings within its boundary are either contributing (they add to the district's significance) or non-contributing. Owners of contributing income-producing buildings can claim the 20% federal rehabilitation tax credit; homeowners should look at state credits. National Register districts impose no design review by themselves; a local historic district ordinance, if one exists, does (the difference explained).
General information, not legal or tax advice. Rules change; confirm with your State Historic Preservation Office or a qualified adviser.