{"nrhp_refnum":"01000291","name":"Copake Grange Hall","other_names":["Copake Grange #935"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Empire Rd., S of Old Rte 22","address_restricted":false,"city":"Copake","county":"Columbia County","state":"NY","lat":42.10257222000007,"lon":-73.54981104699993,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2001-07-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story wood-frame grange hall on Empire Road in the hamlet of Copake, Columbia County, New York, built in 1902-03 with additions in 1906, 1911 and 1921.","why_significant":"The hall is argued to be significant in architecture as a representative example of a Columbia County grange hall, with a simple vernacular form, large meeting rooms and beaded wainscoting on walls and ceilings. It is also significant in social history as one of the most important meeting places in rural Copake, serving as a community center for farming families.","narrative":"Copake Grange Hall is a two-story, wood-frame meeting hall on Empire Road in the hamlet of Copake, Columbia County. Construction began in 1902 and finished in August 1903, less than a year after Copake Grange #935 was chartered. A rear wing with a stage and kitchen followed in 1911, reportedly a former blacksmith shop moved to the site, and a north wing in 1921 nearly doubled the main meeting room. The exterior has a pedimented front gable and simple sawn trim, though composite shingles now cover the original clapboards. Inside, narrow beaded wainscoting covers walls and ceilings, and the stage keeps scenic canvas panels made in Troy, New York. The hall is considered significant as a representative example of the grange halls built across New York to serve farming communities, and as a long-running social center. It hosted war bond efforts, Red Cross work, movies, traveling shows, suppers, dances and the local library, and it remains in use.","period_of_significance":"1902-1950","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Victorian: Eclectic","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still in use as a grange hall and community meeting place; exterior altered with composite shingle siding, interior largely intact.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:50.284382-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/01000291.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75316974","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copake_Grange_Hall","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5168283"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/columbia-county/copake-grange-hall-01000291/"}