{"nrhp_refnum":"80004275","name":"Fireman's Hall","other_names":["Alfred Village Hall"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"7 W. University St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Alfred","county":"Allegany County","state":"NY","lat":42.253818754000065,"lon":-77.79121886499996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-03-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story brick municipal hall at 7 West University Street in Alfred, Allegany County, New York, built in 1890-91 by volunteer firemen as the first home of the A.E. Crandall Hook and Ladder Company.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is significant for its ties to the growth of the village of Alfred and Alfred University, and for its imposing clock-bell tower, a community focal point. It also represents the dedication of the volunteer fire company from the late nineteenth century into the 1970s. It served as a neutral public gathering place apart from church and school.","narrative":"Firemen's Hall, at 7 West University Street in Alfred, is a massive three-story brick building put up in 1890-91 by volunteer firemen of the A.E. Crandall Hook and Ladder Company. Local brick, donations and money from firemen's fairs paid for it, and the firemen and their friends did the work themselves. The building held an engine bay, parlor, dining room, kitchen and council room on the first floor, with a theater above. Its central bell tower carries a clock added in 1898 and a bell that still strikes hourly. No architect is known, and the design probably came from a pattern book. The hall was used for fairs, meetings, plays, concerts and elections, and later housed a jail, police department and movies. The village bought it in 1973 and renovated the ground floor in 1978 for village offices. It is considered significant for its link to the community's development and for its prominent tower.","period_of_significance":"1890","architect_builder":"No known architect; built by volunteer labor, probably under a master builder using a pattern book","architectural_style":"Vernacular late Victorian","criteria":[],"status_note":"Owned by the Village of Alfred and occupied; housing village offices after a 1978 renovation, with further restoration of the theater and balcony planned.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:39.481641-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/80004275.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80004275/e0512e9eae-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80004275/e0512e9eae-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fireman%27s_Hall_Alfred_NY_Apr_12.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, 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:Fireman%27s_Hall_Alfred_NY_Apr_12.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75316417","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fireman%27s_Hall_(Alfred,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5451892"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/allegany-county/firemans-hall-80004275/"}