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United States historic place Bedford Village Historic District U.S. National Register of Historic Places U.S. Historic district Bedford Firehouse and Bedford Free Library Show map of New York Show map of the United States Location Roughly bounded by Court, Seminary, Poundridge and Greenwich Rds., Bedford, New York Coordinates 41°12′15″N 73°38′23″W / 41.2042620°N 73.6398507 ...
Aerial view of the town of Bedford along with neighboring towns of Mount Kisco, Bedford Hills and Katonah.. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 39.4 square miles (102.1 km 2), of which 37.2 square miles (96.3 km 2) is land and 2.2 square miles (5.8 km 2), or 5.70%, is water. [12]
The Bedford flag on display at the Bedford Free Public Library is the oldest known surviving intact battle flag in the United States. It is celebrated for having been the first U.S. flag flown during the American Revolutionary War, as it is believed to have been carried by Nathaniel Page's outfit of Minutemen to the Old North Bridge in Concord for the Battle of Concord on April 19, 1775.
Also facing the common is Bedford's town hall, which was built in 1857 as a school, and has seen a variety of civic uses before housing town offices. When the district was listed on the National Register in 1977, its period of significance extended to 1927; in 2014, the district underwent boundary adjustments that increased its size by 20 acres ...
The buildings date between 1750 and 1930, and include notable examples of Greek Revival, Italianate and Federal style architecture. Notable non-residential buildings include the oldest building in Bedford County: Fortified Bedford House (1758), Fort Bedford Museum (in the style of the 1750s ~ the building itself was constructed in 1958), Neptune House (c. 1880), G. C. Murphy Company Building ...
Located in Bedford Township north of the borough of Bedford, it was once occupied by a Monongahela culture village. Today, the site is the location of Old Bedford Village, an open-air museum, containing a variety of historic structures transported to the site from the surrounding towns of Bedford, Everett, and Rainsburg. [2]: 2
Bedford is a market town in Bedfordshire, England. At the 2011 Census, the population of its urban area (as defined by the Office for National Statistics), including Kempston and Biddenham, was 106,940. Bedford is the county town of Bedfordshire and seat of the Borough of Bedford local government district.
The Bedford Town Hall is located at 70 Bedford Center Road in Bedford, New Hampshire. Built in 1910, it is a prominent early work of Chase R. Whitcher, a noted architect of northern New England in the early 20th century. The building is the third town hall to stand on this site, [2] and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in ...