Starr Clark Tin Shop

{{short description|Historic commercial building in New York, United States}}

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| name = Starr Clark Tin Shop

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| location = 3250 Main St., Mexico, New York

| coordinates = {{coord|43|27|35|N|76|13|43|W|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = New York#USA

| built = 1838

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| added = December 04, 2001

| area = less than one acre

| mpsub = {{NRHP url|id=64500450|title=Freedom Trail, Abolitionism, and African American Life in Central New York MPS}}

| refnum = 01001323{{NRISref|2009a}}

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Starr Clark Tin Shop is a historic commercial building located at Mexico in Oswego County, New York. It is a two-story wood-framed vernacular building built about 1827 with Federal details. The tin shop measures {{convert|24|ft|4|in}} wide and {{convert|32|ft}} deep, with a 24-foot-4-inch-wide by 25-foot-8-inch-deep ({{convert|24|ft|4|in|disp=output only|abbr=on}} by {{convert|25|ft|8|in|disp=output only|abbr=on}}) rear wing. Its owner, Starr Clark, was a widely recognized abolitionist and supporter of the Underground Railroad.{{cite web|url=http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=7026|title=National Register of Historic Places Registration: Starr Clark Tin Shop|date=October 2000|accessdate=2009-12-01 |author=Helen M. Breitbeck|publisher=New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation}} See also: {{cite web|url=http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=7082|title=Accompanying six photos}}

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

The Mexico Historical Society has restored the shop and operates it as a museum that highlights its use as a working tin shop and as a hub for the abolition movement.{{cite web|author1=Kathleen Poliquin|title=New underground railroad museum in CNY to hold open house Dec. 1|url=http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2012/11/new_underground_railroad_museu.html|publisher=Syracuse.com|accessdate=26 September 2014|date=November 25, 2012}}