Richardson-Bates House is a historic home located at Oswego in Oswego County, New York. It is constructed primarily of brick and built in two stages. The main section is a -story,Tuscan Villa style brick residence with a gable roof and 4-story tower designed by noted architect Andrew Jackson Warner about 1867. The interior features carved woodwork by Louis Lavonier.The house was built for Maxwell B. Richardson, a real estate attorney, insurance broker and two term mayor of Oswego. The house was originally an addition to the Richardson family homestead, a Greek Revival style wood frame house built in the 1840s. Richardson and his widowed mother Naomi Richardson, his divorced sister Harriet Richardson Bates and her son Norman Bates were the original residents of the house. In 1887, the old family homestead was demolished to make way for a new south wing. The South wing addition included a private library, formal dinning room and kitchen that was completed in 1889.The house and its contents were donated to the Oswego Historical Society in 1947.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.
