The Little Falls Community Bake Oven is listed on the New York State and National Register of Historic Places.  The Register is the nation's official list of properties worthy of preservation.  Listing on the Register recognizes the importance of these properties to the history of the country and provides them with a measure of protection.  In addition, owners of income property may qualify for federal income tax benefits.  Properties owned by municipalities and not-for-profit organizations are eligible to apply for state historic preservation matching grants.  The Italian Community Bake Oven is located in the woods off Route 167 North.  The oven dates from 1891 when industrialist Alfred Dolge brought the first group of Italian men here to an encampment near the oven and from which they would daily leave to build the Dolgeville to Little Falls railroad.

Our work continues on this project, and we hope to have descriptive signage in place by summer of 2010, along with a path leading to the front of the oven.