BING TOWNSHIP HISTORICAL SOCIETY

BINGHAMTON, NY

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The Binghamton Historical Society is a non-profit organization located in Binghamton, New York. Founded in 1952, the Society is dedicated to preserving and promoting the history of the area and its people. The Society's mission is to collect and preserve local and regional historical artifacts, documents, photographs, oral histories, and other materials that tell the stories of the area's past.

The Society operates and maintains several properties in the area, including the Broome County Historical Museum, the Phelps Mansion Museum, and the Roberson Museum and Science Center. The Society also provides educational programs and activities to the public, such as lectures, workshops, field trips, and community events.

The Society's library and archives contain a wealth of material on the history of Binghamton and the surrounding area. The library features books, manuscripts, maps, and photographs, as well as a variety of other resources. The archives include a variety of documents, artifacts, and artifacts related to the history of Binghamton.

The Society also offers an array of exhibits and events throughout the year, such as their annual Heritage Day celebration. The event features live music, crafts, and activities, as well as tours of the museum and its collections. The Society also offers a variety of educational programs for school-aged children.

The Binghamton Historical Society is a valuable resource for anyone interested in the history of the area. With its dedication to preserving and promoting the history of the area and its people, the Society provides a unique window into the past.

BING TOWNSHIP HISTORICAL SOCIETY is a Historical Societies, Historic Preservation in BINGHAMTON NY. US MID #8403601379

The museum is classed as HSC (Historical Societies, Historic Preservation). It comes under American Alliance of Museums (AAM) region: Mid-Atlantic (District of Columbia, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania).

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July 23, 2022: Rainbow over Henry Street, Binghamton, New York The brightest rainbow I've seen in quite some time hangs over Henry Street in Binghamton, New York, as seen outside Mirabito Stadium after the official announcement that the Rumble Ponies' July 23, 2022 game against the Hartford Yard Goats was called on account of the rain.
July 24, 2022: St. Patrick R.C. Church, Owego, New York A paragon of the Gothic Revival style with its prominent verticality, St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church is one of the few remaining church buildings in Owego, New York that still has its original steeple. If you're an architecture buff like me, you can read <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/198134987@N03/53484277160">more about St. Patrick's</a> at <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/198134987@N03/">Western New York Architecture Deep Cuts</a>, my other account where I go deeper into the weeds about these sorts of things.
St. Patrick R.C. Church, Owego, New York, July 2022 St. Patrick Roman Catholic Church, 304 Main Street, Owego, New York, July 2022. Built in 1890, the design of this handsome red-brick Gothic Revival structure is a fine exemplification of the dominant vertical lines that are intrinsic to the style: windows are tall and narrow and crowned consecutively with pointed arches and decorative keystones; stepped buttresses are ubiquitous; the gabled main façade features raking corbel tables both below its eaves and above the entrance, and is flanked by an imposing 130-foot tower with a slender octagonal spire<i> (left)</i> and spindly conical pinnacle <i>(right)</i>. The church's oddly laid out interior features a semicircle of pews surrounding an altar oriented to the side of the building, with a colorful stained glass window as a backsplash. Despite its name, the stretch of Main Street where the church is found consists mostly of handsome 19th-century residences, with most of the village's commercial and institutional buildings found a block south on Front Street. This, combined with the fact that the church retains its original spire - one of the few in Owego to do so - makes it an extremely prominent element of the streetscape. According to available records, there has been a Catholic presence in the village of Owego since at least 1839, mostly Irish in ethnic constitution, whose services were originally held in the home of David Connelly on nearby Paige Street, who converted his second floor to a makeshift chapel. In 1842 Charles Pumpelly, a prominent local businessman and politico, donated part of his large estate to the Bishop John Hughes of the Diocese of New York, of which Owego was then a part, for the building of a proper church. This small wooden structure was superseded by a larger church in 1852, which in turn was razed to make way for the present structure. Since 2003, St. Patrick has been "clustered" with the neighboring Blessed Trinity parish (itself an amalgamation of five formerly independent rural Catholic churches, namely St. James in Waverly, St. John in Newark Valley, St. Margaret Mary in Apalachin, and the since-closed St. Pius X in Van Etten and St. Francis of Assisi in Catatonk), pooling financial resources and sharing the same team of priests; it's expected that in the near future St. Patrick, too, will eventually be folded into Blessed Trinity and cease to be an independent parish.
Swamp Root Cure -- about 1885 "The Weak Made Strong" with swamp roots Dr. Sylvester Andral Kilmer founded his company in Binghamton, New York in the 1870s. His "medicines" were sold across the country. Collection of the Boston Public Library

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BING TOWNSHIP HISTORICAL SOCIETY
923 HAWLEYTON ROAD
BINGHAMTON
NY
13903

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MID # 8403601379
Name BING TOWNSHIP HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Alternate Name
Classification Historical Societies, Historic Preservation, , Mid-Atlantic
Federal Employer Identification Number (EIN) 161165056
NTEECC
Tax period of the latest return filed (YYYYMM) 201212
INCOME 0
REVENUE 0
LAT/LONG 42.020073, -75.915643
CODES FIPS State Code: 36
FIPS County Code: 007
US Census Tract: 012702
US Census Block: 4020