Italian Community Bake Oven

Italian Community Bake Oven
LocationNY 167, Little Falls, New York
Coordinates43°2′21″N 74°50′2″W / 43.03917°N 74.83389°W / 43.03917; -74.83389
Arealess than one acre
Built1891
NRHP reference No.06001003[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 8, 2006

Italian Community Bake Oven is a historic community bake oven located at Little Falls in Herkimer County, New York. It was built about 1891 and is abandoned. The utilitarian structure consists of a large rectangle of stone masonry outer walls enclosing the brick bake oven. The dimensions are approximately 16 feet wide, 20 feet deep, and 6 feet high. It was built to furnish large quantities of bread for Italian immigrant railroad workers in a work camp during 1891–1893.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ Raymond W. Smith (June 2006). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Italian Community Bake Oven". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved January 8, 2010. See also: "Accompanying five photos".