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| U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
 Erie Canal Museum in former weigh lock building, Syracuse, New York
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| Location: | SE corner of Erie Blvd. E. and Montgomery St., Syracuse, New York |
| Coordinates: | 43°3′2.1″N 76°9′3.5″W / 43.050583°N 76.150972°W |
| Built/Founded: | 1849 |
| Architect: | Multiple |
| Architectural style(s): | No Style Listed |
| Governing body: | Local |
| Added to NRHP: | February 18, 1971 |
| NRHP Reference#: | 71000552[1] |
The Erie Canal Museum, in Syracuse, New York is a museum about the Erie Canal across New York. It is located in the Weighlock Building, itself listed on the National Register of Historic Places of the United States.
The museum was founded in 1962 and is a private, nonprofit corporation. It is housed in a weigh lock building dating from 1850, where canal boats used to be weighed when travelling through Syracuse on the canal.[2] The museum includes a gallery of present canal life.
The Weighlock Building was listed on the National Register in 1971.[1]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-01-23. http://www.nr.nps.gov/.
- ^ Waite, Diana S. (August, 1970). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Weighlock Building". http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=6282. Retrieved 2009-05-05. and Accompanying photo, exterior, from 1970
External links
- Erie Canal Museum official website
- Weighlock Building, Erie Boulevard East & Montgomery Street, Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York: 19 photos and 2 data pages, at Historic American Building Survey
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