Near Little Falls in Herkimer County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

The Italian Community Bake Oven

1891-1893

— Listed on State and National Registers of Historic Places —

The Italian Community Bake Oven Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Steve Stoessel, October 9, 2020

1. The Italian Community Bake Oven Marker

Inscription. Alfred Dolge, area industrialist, used 50 teams of horses to import material to his Dolgeville manufacturing complex, 10 miles north of Little Falls. In 1891 realizing the potential economic benefit of a railroad connection between Dolgeville and the New York Central Railway in Little Falls, Dolge and his business partners hired large groups of Italian immigrant men to construct his railroad spur.

Bread for the Italian laborers was baked in this 100-loaf capacity oven.

This structure is classified as rare.

Site stabilized by Preserve Our Past, Inc., 2009

Erected 2009 by Preserve Our Past.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Industry & Commerce • Railroads & Streetcars. A significant historical year for this entry is 1891.

Location. 43° 2.332′ N, 74° 49.902′ W. Marker is near Little Falls, New York, in Herkimer County. It can be reached from Furlan Road 0.1 miles west of New York State Route 167, on the left when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Little Falls NY 13365, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York

and in the Mohawk Valley.

It is also in the American Northeast

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Great North Woods,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

New Netherland,

and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within one mile of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Italian Oven (within shouting distance of this marker); Lake Shore Limited Wreck (approx. 0.9 miles away); Gen. Nicholas Herkimer

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(approx. one mile away); Mohawk River (approx. one mile away); Revolution in the Mohawk Valley (approx. 1.1 miles away); The Palatines (approx. 1.1 miles away); In Memory of the Men (approx. 1.1 miles away); Nicholas Herkimer (approx. 1.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Little Falls.

Also see . . . Italian Community Bake Oven - National Archives. National Register of Historic Places documentation (Submitted on February 18, 2024, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York.)

The Italian Community Bake Oven image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Steve Stoessel, October 9, 2020

2. The Italian Community Bake Oven

Italian Oven Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Steve Stoessel, October 9, 2020

3. Italian Oven Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on February 18, 2024. It was originally submitted on October 9, 2020, by Steve Stoessel of Niskayuna, New York. This page has been viewed 2,121 times since then and 86 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on October 9, 2020, by Steve Stoessel of Niskayuna, New York. • Michael Herrick was the editor who published this page.