Federal Corners, New York

Federal Corners is a former hamlet located in the Town of Richfield, New York, about 1.5 miles southeast of the village of Richfield Springs, at the corner of Butternut Road and Cemetery Road.[1]

Federal Corners
Hamlet
Federal Corners
Federal Corners
Coordinates: 42°50′30″N 74°58′36″W
CountryUnited States
StateNew York
CountyOtsego
TownRichfield
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code(s)315

Federal Corners "lay near the intersection of an old route from the Mohawk Valley to Canadarago Lake and the Third Great Western Turnpike, opened in 1808". Most above-ground remains of the hamlet have disappeared, since "its economy failed by the early 1840s".[2]

History

According to a 19th-century history of the area,

Federal Corners was a place of importance. Here was a hotel kept by Mr. Averill; a store kept in turn by Mr. Ballard, Holcomb & Weber, and Edward Cheeseman; a 12-forge blacksmith shop and auger factory run by Mr. Vibber; and a tannery operated by John Williams. Here, too, was the home and office of Dr. James L. Palmer, a pioneer physician of the region, and a noted instructor and preceptor. For many years his home was the school, where as many as a dozen young men at a time, were studying medicine and surgery.[3]

The Lemuel F. Vibber House, constructed about 1810 in Federal Corners and still standing, is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.[2]

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Federal Corners, New York
  2. "Lemuel F. Vibber House". www.nps.gov. 2016. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  3. Ward, Henry A. (1898). Annals of Richfield. Utica, NY: Fierstine Printing House. p. 23.
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