The Cooperstown Historic District is a national

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in Cooperstown,

Otsego County, New York Otsego County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 58,524. The county seat is Cooperstown. The county's population center is Oneonta. The name ''Otsego'' is from a Mohawk or Oneida word m ...

, that was listed on the

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in 1980. It encompasses 232 contributing properties: 226 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, 3 contributing structures, and 2 contributing objects. Among the contributing properties is the village's

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, ''See also:'' ''and:'' which is individually listed on the National Register. In 1997, the boundaries of the historic district were increased to include the Fenimore Farm Stone Agricultural Buildings that were built in 1918 and designed by Frank P. Whiting. ''See also:'' Cooperstown was settled in the late 18th century by William Cooper, father of novelist

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, whose novels were set in and around Cooperstown.

Contributing buildings

* Byberry Cottage * Doubleday Field * Edgewater * Elleryt Cory House * Iron Clad Building * Lakelands * Otsego County Bank * Pomeroy Place * The Inn at Cooperstown * The Otesaga Hotel *

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* Woodside Hall

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* * The following are located in Otsego Township, Cooperstown, Otsego County, NY: * * * * * * * * The following are located in Middlefield Township, Cooperstown, Otsego County, NY: * * * {{National Register of Historic Places in New York Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Italianate architecture in New York (state) Historic American Buildings Survey in New York (state) Historic districts in Otsego County, New York National Register of Historic Places in Otsego County, New York 1980 establishments in New York (state)