Sherburne Historic District

Sherburne's historic core covers 119 properties in a Chenango County village, arranged around the crossing of Main and State Streets. Four areas stand out: the commercial center, the South Main Street neighborhood, the William Champ Park area and the East State Street residential blocks. The earliest commercial buildings, the Empire Block, Quinn's Market and the Sherburne News Building, date to about 1840 and replaced buildings lost in an 1837 fire. Houses range from Federal examples such as the 1805 Rexford House to Greek Revival, Italianate and Second Empire homes, and large Queen Anne residences. Growth came in two surges: the Chenango Canal, which connected the area to the Erie Canal, and the Utica, Chenango & Susquehanna Railroad, which arrived in 1867. Local contractor Henry Alfrey built the 1880 bank building and other landmarks. Four buildings are non-contributing, including a 1960s American Legion hall and a 1974 store.