{"nrhp_refnum":"00000584","name":"Hessinger Store","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Main St. (Co. Rd. 122)","address_restricted":false,"city":"Callicoon Center","county":"Sullivan County","state":"NY","lat":41.836063231000026,"lon":-74.94714704099994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2000-06-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A large wood-frame mixed-use commercial building on Main Street (CR 122) in the hamlet of Callicoon Center, Sullivan County, New York, built in at least four phases beginning c1840 and reaching its present form before c1890.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is a representative and especially intact example of a nineteenth-century multi-function hamlet building, under criteria A and C. It housed a store, post office, dance hall, hotel/rooming house and Masonic hall, and it retains nearly all of its nineteenth-century materials, finishes and Greek Revival detailing. It played a central role in the economic and social life of Callicoon Center for over 140 years.","narrative":"Standing on the west side of Main Street in Callicoon Center, a hamlet in western Sullivan County, this large wood-frame building grew in at least four stages beginning around 1840. It has heavy timber post-and-beam framing, a stone foundation built into the hillside, clapboard siding, storefront windows and a two-story porch across the facade. Greek Revival pilasters and cornice details mark its early sections. Over time it held a store, post office, dance hall, hotel or boarding house, and a Masonic meeting hall; Callicoon Lodge No. 521 met upstairs from 1861 to 1891. Valentine Hessinger, a German immigrant, bought the property in 1857, and his family owned it until 1989. The building reached its present appearance before about 1890 and keeps its original divisions of space and many interior finishes, including a barrel-vaulted ceiling above the later second-floor ceiling. It was listed for its social history and architecture as a typical, well-preserved hamlet commercial building. The property is now vacant.","period_of_significance":"c1840-c1890","architect_builder":"unknown","architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Current function is listed as vacant; the form notes some recent interior deterioration.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:50.188489-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/00000584.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75322373","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hessinger_Store","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5746248"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/sullivan-county/hessinger-store-00000584/"}