{"nrhp_refnum":"09000154","name":"Centerville Town Hall","other_names":["First Presbyterian Church of Centerville"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Fairview Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Centerville","county":"Allegany County","state":"NY","lat":42.47898900000007,"lon":-78.24953899999997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2009-03-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History","Politics/Government"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Greek Revival wood-frame former Presbyterian church with a one-story horse and carriage shed at the rear, on a half-acre lot on Fairview Road in the hamlet of Centerville, Allegany County, New York. It was built in the late 1850s and now serves as the town hall.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is a largely intact, high-style example of Greek Revival church design in a rural farming community. Its bold front elevation with Doric pilasters and Ionic columns in antis is highlighted. The rear horse and carriage shed is a rare surviving church shed in the Southern Tier. It is also the only surviving building in the town from before the Civil War.","narrative":"Centerville Town Hall is a former Presbyterian church in the hamlet of Centerville, in northwest Allegany County, New York. Completed in 1859 at a cost of $3,000, the two-story wood-frame building has a temple front with a full pediment, fluted Doric pilasters and two fluted Ionic columns set between the walls of a recessed porch. A one-story horse and carriage shed extends from the rear, a feature rarely preserved in the region. The congregation declined after the Civil War, and the building later hosted other denominations. The local Grange bought it in 1909 and used it as a hall until the Town of Centerville purchased it in 1927 for town offices and a community center. Later changes, including a partly walled-off pulpit area and a closed gallery, left the original woodwork intact. It is described as the town's most notable public building and its only surviving pre-Civil War structure, valued for its Greek Revival design and its shed.","period_of_significance":"1858-1927","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Used as the Centerville town hall and community center since 1927; the town is planning a renovation to restore its original Greek Revival character.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:53.222733-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/09000154.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/09000154/a206cd8bbf-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/09000154/a206cd8bbf-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"eyesofibad","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Centerville_Town_Hall_2012-09-24_18-08-31.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">eyesofibad</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Centerville_Town_Hall_2012-09-24_18-08-31.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75316411","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centerville_Town_Hall","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5060138"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/allegany-county/centerville-town-hall-09000154/"}