{"nrhp_refnum":"73001197","name":"Constable Hall","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Off NY 26","address_restricted":false,"city":"Constableville","county":"Lewis County","state":"NY","lat":43.56190386550006,"lon":-75.42295331615169,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1973-03-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A limestone Federal-style house with flanking one-story wings on a hill above the village of Constableville, Lewis County, New York, built 1810-1819 for William Constable Jr.","why_significant":"The nomination argues that the house surpasses many other Northern New York structures of the early nineteenth century in design and workmanship. It represents its builder's confidence in the new frontier and is an outstanding example of Federal architecture in Upstate New York. It also reflects the land-speculation history of the Macomb Purchase, which the builder's father helped acquire.","narrative":"Perched on a hill above Constableville, this limestone house was built between 1810 and 1819 for William Constable Jr., whose father had been a major land speculator in northern New York. The main block has a central hall plan, a slate hip roof and one-story wings. Its east front carries a two-story pedimented portico with paired Doric columns and three-sided projecting bays, while the rear is more rustic coursed rubble. The designer is unknown, though tradition links the design to the Constable home near Dublin, Ireland. William Rees, a stone mason, and his brother James, a carpenter, helped construct it, using limestone from Talcottville. Interior woodwork is delicate but restrained, reflecting the remote location. The house stayed in the Constable family until 1948, when it was bought and restored as a museum. It holds Constable family furniture and library, and its outbuildings display tools, carriages and local history items. Its design and workmanship are described as exceptional for frontier New York.","period_of_significance":"1810-19","architect_builder":"Designer unknown; William Rees (stone mason) and James Rees (carpenter) helped build it for William Constable, Jr.","architectural_style":"Federal","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition excellent; restored after 1948 and operated as a historic house museum open to the public.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:39.746855-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/73001197.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001197/2235dd8960-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001197/2235dd8960-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Doug Kerr from Albany, New York, United States","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Constable_Hall_Jun_11.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Doug Kerr from Albany, New York, United States</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Constable_Hall_Jun_11.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75318567","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constable_Hall","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5163469"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/lewis-county/constable-hall-73001197/"}