{"nrhp_refnum":"80002794","name":"North Salem Town Hall","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Titicus Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Salem Center","county":"Westchester County","state":"NY","lat":41.32903734000007,"lon":-73.59717602099994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-09-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story frame building on Route 116 in Salem Center, North Salem, Westchester County, New York, begun in 1770 as a manor house for Stephen DeLancey and later used as an academy and town hall.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is a leading example of vernacular Georgian architecture in Westchester County, with much original fabric intact. It also served as a jail and courthouse during the Revolution and as headquarters for General Rochambeau in 1781. It housed the first incorporated academy in Westchester County and has been the seat of town government since 1886.","narrative":"Built from 1770 as a manor house for the wealthy landowner Stephen DeLancey, this Salem Center building on Route 116 has served the community for more than two centuries. It is a three-story, five-bay frame structure with white clapboard, a gambrel roof, a six-sided cupola and a Palladian window in the front gable. The DeLanceys, Loyalist in sympathy, left before it was finished. During the Revolution it was confiscated and used as a jail and courthouse for Tories, and in 1781 it served as headquarters for the French general Rochambeau. In 1786 local residents bought it and completed it as an academy, which was incorporated in 1790 as the first in Westchester County. Students included Daniel D. Tompkins and DeWitt Clinton. The academy's property passed to the town in 1886, and town government has met there since. It is described as the best vernacular Georgian example in the county.","period_of_significance":"1700-1799","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Vernacular Georgian","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition listed as excellent; occupied and publicly owned by the Town of North Salem. At the time of nomination the first floor held town offices and the second floor housed the town library.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:43.344106-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/80002794.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80002794/c998428da6-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80002794/c998428da6-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":null,"credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Town_Hall,_Salem_Center,_Westchester_County,_NY_HABS_NY,60-SAL,1-1.tif\" rel=\"noopener\">Unknown author</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Town_Hall,_Salem_Center,_Westchester_County,_NY_HABS_NY,60-SAL,1-1.tif"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75323137","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Salem_Town_Hall","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7056574"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/westchester-county/north-salem-town-hall-80002794/"}