Harlow E. Bundy House

Harlow E. Bundy House

Bundy Museum of History and Art, November 2011
Location 129 Main St., Binghamton, New York
Coordinates 42°06′06″N 75°55′41″W / 42.10167°N 75.92806°W / 42.10167; -75.92806Coordinates: 42°06′06″N 75°55′41″W / 42.10167°N 75.92806°W / 42.10167; -75.92806
Area Less than 1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built 1893 (1893)
Architect Elfred Hull Bartoo
Architectural style Queen Anne
NRHP Reference # 11000269[1]
Added to NRHP May 11, 2011

Harlow E. Bundy House, also known as the Bundy Museum of History and Art, is a historic home located at Binghamton, Broome County, New York. It was built in 1893, and is a 2 1/2-story, irregularly massed, Queen Anne style frame dwelling. It features cut stone veneer, a variety of decorative shingles, and a tall conical corner tower. It was built by Binghamton businessman Harlow Bundy (1856-1914), who owned the Bundy Manufacturing Company, a predecessor of IBM.[2]:3

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.[1]

Bundy Museum of History and Art

The Bundy Museum of History and Art features exhibits about the Bundy Manufacturing Company and its founders including a display of time recording clocks in a recreation of the Bundy Manufacturing Company’s 1893 World's Fair booth; a gallery with ancestral and ceremonial African artifact; a vintage 20th-century barber shop room; changing exhibits about local history; and the Southern Tier Broadcasters Hall of Fame which honors such pioneers as Rod Serling, Richard Deacon and Bill Parker. The museum's open art gallery for works by upcoming as well as established artists. The museum also hosts the Rod Serling Archive, with original wire images, TV and film props, memorabilia and personal items.

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register of Historic Places". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 5/09/11 through 5/13/11. National Park Service. 2011-05-20.
  2. "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)" (Searchable database). New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2015-11-01. Note: This includes Kathleen LaFrank (September 2010). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Harlow E. Bundy House" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-11-01. and Accompanying photographs

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