{"nrhp_refnum":"80004336","name":"Lisbon Town Hall","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Church and Main Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lisbon","county":"St. Lawrence County","state":"NY","lat":44.72888513600003,"lon":-75.32066394899994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-09-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-one-half-story frame town hall with a gambrel roof at the intersection of Main and Church streets in the hamlet of Lisbon Centre, town of Lisbon, St. Lawrence County, New York, built in 1889 on the site of an earlier 1856 stone town hall.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is significant for its association with the town of Lisbon and as a local example of the Queen Anne style used for a non-residential building. It is the surviving one of a pair of identical town halls by the same anonymous builder; the 1888 Parishville Town Hall burned in 1923. Its geometric hardwood interior paneling shows high craftsmanship in rural northern New York, and the hall has been the center of community life since construction.","narrative":"Lisbon Town Hall is a large, barn-like frame building with a gambrel roof at the corner of Main and Church streets in the hamlet of Lisbon Centre, New York. Built in 1889 on the site of an 1856 stone town hall, it rises two and one-half stories above a local stone basement. Queen Anne decoration appears in the trim around the doors and windows, the gable, and the brackets under the flared eaves. Inside, the auditorium has walls and ceiling covered in hardwood strips arranged in squares, diamonds and chevrons, with a balcony and a stage. The builder is unknown, but the design was repeated in an identical 1888 town hall at Parishville, which burned in 1923, leaving Lisbon's as the survivor. The hall houses town government offices, the court and a medical group. Its auditorium has hosted voting, plays, graduations, dances and auctions, making it a long-standing center of community life.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899 (specific date 1889)","architect_builder":"Unknown (anonymous builder active in St. Lawrence County in the late 1880s)","architectural_style":"Queen Anne","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied and in use as town offices, court, polling place, auditorium and the Lisbon Medical Group health center; condition listed as fair, with interior woodwork in good condition overall.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:41.79407-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/80004336.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75321908","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisbon_Town_Hall","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6558651"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/st-lawrence-county/lisbon-town-hall-80004336/"}