{"nrhp_refnum":"86001978","name":"Union Hall","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"NY 116 and Keeler Ln.","address_restricted":false,"city":"North Salem","county":"Westchester County","state":"NY","lat":41.33528189200007,"lon":-73.57027237199998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-08-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A wood-frame commercial building with an adjacent carriage barn on a 1.4-acre parcel at Route 116 and Keeler Lane in North Salem, Westchester County, New York. The building was constructed in 1865.","why_significant":"The nomination argues that the building is a rare surviving nineteenth-century wood-frame commercial building in Westchester County. It served as a store, meeting hall, stagecoach stop and residence, and became a center of local community affairs. It retains a high level of integrity, with restrained Italianate detailing and local vernacular construction.","narrative":"Built in 1865 at a crossroads in rural North Salem, Union Hall is a large rectangular wood-frame building on a steep slope, with a two-story front facing Route 116 and a four-story rear. It has clapboard siding, a stone foundation and a gable roof. Restrained Italianate details appear on the front: a bracketed roofline, an open porch with chamfered posts, segmentally arched double windows and a paneled storefront. The first floor held a store, and a large meeting hall fills the second floor. The building also served as a stagecoach stop and residence, and it became a center for local social and political life in a farming community. A mid-nineteenth-century board-and-batten barn with a cupola stands behind it; hay was stored on its main level and stagecoach horses were sheltered below. Few comparable rural commercial buildings survive in Westchester County, and Union Hall retains much of its original frame, sheathing, trim and interior finishes.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899 (specific date 1865)","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Italianate (restrained), combined with local vernacular building tradition","criteria":[],"status_note":"Form lists the property as occupied, in private ownership, with present use as private residence; condition checked as original site with minor exterior alterations.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:45.326927-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/86001978.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86001978/5257a36c85-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86001978/5257a36c85-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"dougtone (Doug Kerr)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Union_Hall_North_Salem_NY_Dec_10.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">dougtone (Doug Kerr)</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:Union_Hall_North_Salem_NY_Dec_10.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75323273","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Hall_(North_Salem,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7885731"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/westchester-county/union-hall-86001978/"}