Vernon Center Green Historic District
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Vernon Center Green Historic District is a national historic district
located at Vernon
in Oneida County, New York
. The district includes three contributing buildings and two contributing structures. They are the village green
, early 20th century gazebo
, Parkside United Methodist Church and parsonage, and Vernon Presbyterian Church. The village green was laid out in 1798.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
in 1985.
Historic district (United States)
In the United States, a historic district is a group of buildings, properties, or sites that have been designated by one of several entities on different levels as historically or architecturally significant. Buildings, structures, objects and sites within a historic district are normally divided...
located at Vernon
Vernon (village), New York
Vernon is a village in Oneida County, New York, United States. The population was 1,155 at the 2000 census.The Village of Vernon is located east of the center of the Town of Vernon at the junction of Routes 5 and 31.-History:...
in Oneida County, New York
Oneida County, New York
Oneida County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 234,878. The county seat is Utica. The name is in honor of the Oneida, an Iroquoian tribe that formerly occupied the region....
. The district includes three contributing buildings and two contributing structures. They are the village green
Village green
A village green is a common open area which is a part of a settlement. Traditionally, such an area was often common grass land at the centre of a small agricultural settlement, used for grazing and sometimes for community events...
, early 20th century gazebo
Gazebo
A gazebo is a pavilion structure, sometimes octagonal, that may be built, in parks, gardens, and spacious public areas. Gazebos are freestanding or attached to a garden wall, roofed, and open on all sides; they provide shade, shelter, ornamental features in a landscape, and a place to rest...
, Parkside United Methodist Church and parsonage, and Vernon Presbyterian Church. The village green was laid out in 1798.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 1985.