Hamilton Village Historic District
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Hamilton Village Historic District is a national historic district
Historic district (United States)
In the United States, a historic district is a group of buildings, properties, or sites that have been designated by one of several entities on different levels as historically or architecturally significant. Buildings, structures, objects and sites within a historic district are normally divided...

 located at Hamilton
Hamilton (village), New York
The Village of Hamilton is a village located within the town of Hamilton in Madison County, New York, USA.-Geography and climate:The village, located at , lies in the Chenango Valley, just south of the headwaters of the Chenango River. The village is approximately southeast of Syracuse and ...

 in Madison County, New York
Madison County, New York
Madison County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 73,442. It is named after James Madison, fourth President of the United States of America...

. The district contains 155 contributing buildings and one contributing site. Most of the buildings are residential, but the district also includes commercial structures, churches and public buildings. The centerpiece is the Village park
Village green
A village green is a common open area which is a part of a settlement. Traditionally, such an area was often common grass land at the centre of a small agricultural settlement, used for grazing and sometimes for community events...

, laid out in 1822. Located within the district are the separately listed Adon Smith House
Adon Smith House
Adon Smith House is a historic home located at Hamilton in Madison County, New York. It was built about 1850 and is a -story brick dwelling with Italianate elements. It features a "U"-shaped porch with elaborate wrought iron columns and railings and has a glazed belvedere...

 and U.S. Post Office building
U.S. Post Office (Hamilton, New York)
US Post Office-Hamilton is a historic post office building located at Hamilton in Madison County, New York, United States. It was designed and built in 1936, and is one of a number of post offices in New York State designed by the Office of the Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department,...

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It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
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