William Richardson House is a historic home located at Union Springs

Union Springs, New York

Union Springs is a village in Cayuga County, New York, United States. The population was at 1,074 people at the 2000 census. The name is derived from the mineral springs near the village....

 in Cayuga County, New York

Cayuga County, New York

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. It was built about 1840 and is a remarkably intact late Federal

Federal architecture

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 / early Greek Revival

Greek Revival architecture

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–style farmhouse. It is a 2-story, three-bay brick dwelling main block with a -story side ell and -story rear wing. Also on the property are four late-19th-century / early-20th-century barns.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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in 2005.