Sheffield Farms Stable
Encyclopedia
Sheffield Farms Stable is a historic stable
located in Manhattanville
, New York, New York
. It is a six story, light colored brick building with terra cotta
ornament. It was originally built in 1903 as a two story stable building for the Sheffield Farms
dairy, then expanded to its present size in 1909. It housed horses used for the delivery of pasteurized milk until July 1938. It was sold in 1942, after which it housed a real estate company, insurance company, and warehouse.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
in 2005.
Stable
A stable is a building in which livestock, especially horses, are kept. It most commonly means a building that is divided into separate stalls for individual animals...
located in Manhattanville
Manhattanville
Manhattanville is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan bordered on the south by Morningside Heights on the west by the Hudson River, on the east by Harlem and on the north by Hamilton Heights. Its borders straddle West 125th Street, roughly from 122nd Street to 135th Street and...
, New York, New York
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
. It is a six story, light colored brick building with terra cotta
Terra cotta
Terracotta, Terra cotta or Terra-cotta is a clay-based unglazed ceramic, although the term can also be applied to glazed ceramics where the fired body is porous and red in color...
ornament. It was originally built in 1903 as a two story stable building for the Sheffield Farms
Sheffield Farms
-Summary:Sheffield Farms was a major distributor of dairy products in New York City at the turn of the 19th century. By 1930 Sheffield Farms was one of three of the largest milk companies in New York City, along with United States Dairy Products Corp. and Borden's...
dairy, then expanded to its present size in 1909. It housed horses used for the delivery of pasteurized milk until July 1938. It was sold in 1942, after which it housed a real estate company, insurance company, and warehouse.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 2005.