{"nrhp_refnum":"85002389","name":"Alumni Hall","other_names":["Chapel Hall"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Alfred University","address_restricted":false,"city":"Alfred","county":"Allegany County","state":"NY","lat":42.25327750400004,"lon":-77.78755845399996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-09-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Alumni Hall, originally Chapel Hall, is a three-story timber-frame Greek Revival building built ca. 1851-1852 on the Alfred University campus in Alfred, Allegany County, New York.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is an outstanding, largely intact example of Greek Revival architecture in the village of Alfred. It is also a visual record of the early development of Alfred Academy, which grew into Alfred University and the College of Ceramics. It represents the work of Maxson Stillman, Jr., a prominent local master builder, and long served as a college and community hall.","narrative":"Alumni Hall is a large timber-frame building on the Alfred University quadrangle in Alfred, New York, built about 1851-1852 as Chapel Hall. Measuring 52 by 105 feet, it has a red tiled gable roof, pedimented gable ends, broad pilasters, trabeated entrances and a square bell tower with a pyramidal spire. It was designed by local master builder Maxson Stillman, Jr. and was the fourth building on the new campus of Alfred Academy. For decades it served as chapel, auditorium, library and classroom space for the college and townspeople, hosting speakers such as Ralph Waldo Emerson and Margaret Mead. Major rehabilitations in 1878 and 1927 reshaped the interior and added balconies and a stage. Its listing rests on its status as one of the best surviving Greek Revival buildings in the village and as a reminder of the institution's early growth. The hall stands vacant, and restoration work is underway.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Maxson Stillman, Jr.","architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Currently vacant; it ceased to be used for college and community functions in 1972, and major restoration is underway.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:45.999731-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/85002389.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85002389/c03fa6fbc9-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85002389/c03fa6fbc9-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Twitch396 at en.wikipedia","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AlumniHall2004.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitch396 at en.wikipedia</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AlumniHall2004.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"85002323","name":"Alfred Village Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/alfred-village-historic-district-85002323/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75316393","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alumni_Hall_(Alfred,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4737445"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/allegany-county/alumni-hall-85002389/"}