{"nrhp_refnum":"09000238","name":"Lake Pleasant Town Hall","other_names":["Lake Pleasant Town Hall &amp","Library","Old Town Hall"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2885 NY 8","address_restricted":false,"city":"Speculator","county":"Hamilton County","state":"NY","lat":43.502650232000065,"lon":-74.36529965799997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2009-04-23","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Education","Social History","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 1-1/2 story, front-gabled, clapboard-sided former town hall at 2885 State Route 8 in the Village of Speculator, Town of Lake Pleasant, Hamilton County, New York, built in 1894 by vote of the town's citizens.","why_significant":"The building is a remarkably intact example of a modest, late-19th-century rural civic building. It served as the town hall until 1961 and housed the town library from 1937 to 2003. It was also a community center for social activities and education.","narrative":"Built in 1894 after a town vote of 72 to 35, this 1-1/2 story clapboard building at 2885 State Route 8 in Speculator served as the Lake Pleasant town hall for 67 years. It is front-gabled and three bays wide and deep, with original 2/2 windows, scroll-sawn rafter tails and a full-width porch with turned posts and scrollwork. Inside, the single large auditorium space and original paneled doors survive, though wainscoting was covered and a drop ceiling added in the 1970s. A library moved in during 1937 under a New Deal youth program and stayed after the town built a new hall in 1961, remaining until 2003. The builder is not recorded; the town crew is assumed to have done the work. The building is significant for government, education, social history and architecture as a largely intact modest rural civic building. It is currently vacant, with a museum use approved in 2005.","period_of_significance":"1894-1959","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late Victorian","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Currently vacant; in 2005 the town board approved its use as a museum and plans were being put in place.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:53.709521-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/09000238.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/09000238/9049120315-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/09000238/9049120315-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 4.0","author":"Dclemens1971","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lake_Pleasant_Town_Museum_01.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Dclemens1971</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lake_Pleasant_Town_Museum_01.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75318094","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Pleasant_Town_Hall","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6477399"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/hamilton-county/lake-pleasant-town-hall-09000238/"}