Vernon Center Green Historic District

Vernon Center Green Historic District is a national historic district located at Vernon in Oneida County, New York. The district is historically significant as a rare surviving example in central New York State of an eighteenth century New England type village green.

Vernon Center Green Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Location	Roughly bounded by Park St., Vernon, New York
Coordinates	43°3′8″N 75°30′7″W
Area	8 acres (3.2 ha)
Built	1798
Architectural style	Greek Revival, Romanesque, Vern. Romanesque Revival
NRHP reference No.	85002431[1]
Added to NRHP	September 19, 1985

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 Center Presbyterian Church. The village green was laid out in 1798. The gazebo, erected in 1901, is considered "a distinctive example of late Victorian era park architecture." [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. Robert Englert (July 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Vernon Center Green Historic District". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2009-12-10. See also: "Accompanying six photos".