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in 1917. The next year, the original courthouse that had stood since
Ellicott's time was lost to fire. Across the street, the federal government established its presence in the area with a Classical Revival post office built on part of the original Brisbane property. The unusual shape of the parcel
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The district is an irregularly shaped five-acre (2.0 ha) area on the north side of West Main and both sides of West Main, with its southern border at
Ellicott. In the latter area, the triangular parcel between Main, Ellicott and Court Street, it includes the county courthouse and the county
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shape, in which the property lines run north-south instead of perpendicular to the street. It is one of only three post offices in New York that is a contributing property to a historic district while not itself being listed on the
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now used as a historical museum, is on the south side of West Main two blocks to the west, with commercial buildings on the north giving way to houses in the adjacent blocks to the north and west. East of the district is the commercial core of
Batavia.
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trails, today the highways that follow the three streets, across the region. From the beginning of settlement the future district was used for governmental purposes, with a courthouse built at the fork to file the
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was built at a cost of $ 150,000 ($ 2.58 million in contemporary dollars) to take its place as county offices. A 1955 addition made it T-shaped. Renovations at the end of the 20th century made it disabled-
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memorial at the junction is also included. Across the street the buildings included, from west to east, are the original county jail, the post office, and city hall.
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is the original courthouse's bell, the only remnant of that building, which burned down in 1918 after a long period of use as village (later city) and
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and settled in the early 19th century. In 1982 it was recognized as a
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