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==Noted architecture== The village is home to three national [[Historic district (United States)|historic district]]s: {{bulleted list |[[Church Street Historic District (Richfield Springs, New York)|Church Street Historic District]] |[[East Main Street Historic District (Richfield Springs, New York)|East Main Street Historic District]] |[[West Main Street-West James Street Historic District]]}} Individual properties: {{bulleted list |[[Baker Octagon Barn]].<ref name="nris"/>|[[U.S. Post Office (Richfield Springs, New York)|Richfield Springs Post Office]](listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1989)<ref name="nris"/>|Clayton Lodge - Industrialist [[Cyrus McCormick]] from [[Chicago]] commissioned the famed New York architectural firm of [[McKim, Mead, and White]] to build a shingle-style "cottage" for him and his family on the edge of the village, on Warren Street, the estate would be known as Clayton Lodge. Built in 1882 the sprawling estate with stables and other outbuildings afforded him fresh air living in the summers. The grounds of the estate were landscaped by the foremost designer, [[Frederick Law Olmsted]]. The mansion was razed in 1957, but the shingle style stable, albeit altered, is extant today. |Sunset Hill - Neighboring McCormick's estate, also on Sunset Hill, was the residence of Eugene D. Stocker. His estate, complete with main house, guest house, and stable, was designed by architect [[Dwight James Baum]] in 1923. It is extant today and for tax purposes it resides in the [[Warren, New York|Town of Warren]], in [[Herkimer County]] New York. The Stocker estate, named "[[Sunset Hill (Warren, New York)|Sunset Hill]]" was listed with the [[National Register of Historic Places]] January 4, 2007.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2009a}}</ref>}} [[Image:Richfield Springs PO.jpg|right|thumb|Richfield Springs Post Office]]
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