{"nrhp_refnum":"87002277","name":"First National Bank of Brewster","other_names":["Southeast Town Hall"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Brewster","county":"Putnam County","state":"NY","lat":41.39451458000008,"lon":-73.61897477099996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1988-01-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story red brick Queen Anne style bank building completed in 1886 at the junction of Main Street, North Main Street (US 6) and Railroad Avenue in the village of Brewster, Putnam County, New York. It now serves as the Southeast Town Hall.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is a distinguished example of Queen Anne commercial architecture and an important landmark of Brewster's rapid growth and prosperity in the late nineteenth century. Its interior public space, with original unpainted panelling and a decoratively sheathed cathedral ceiling, is especially notable. The building also echoes Richardsonian Romanesque forms and retains a high degree of integrity.","narrative":"Built in 1886 for the First National Bank of Brewster, this one-story red brick building sits on a small lot where Main Street, North Main Street and Railroad Avenue meet in the village center. It rests on a rock-faced granite foundation and has a slate hipped roof, a projecting gabled wing with a Palladian window, hexagonal slate shingles, and scroll-sawn bargeboards. Wide, low semicircular arches frame the main doors and windows, a nod to Richardsonian Romanesque design. Inside, the banking room keeps elaborate unpainted panelling, a cathedral ceiling and brass chandeliers converted to electricity. The bank was incorporated in 1875 and grew with a village shaped by the Harlem Railroad and local industry, including a Borden condensed milk plant. After the bank closed in 1964, the Town of Southeast bought the building for its town hall. A 1950 west addition matches the original, and interior changes were limited mainly to removing the tellers' cages.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Queen Anne","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied and in excellent condition; in use as the Southeast Town Hall since the town bought it after the bank closed in 1964.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:44.809551-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/87002277.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87002277/29fad8d573-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87002277/29fad8d573-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Daniel Case","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:First_National_Bank_of_Brewster.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniel Case</a>, <a href=\"http://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:First_National_Bank_of_Brewster.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75321028","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_National_Bank_of_Brewster","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1419505"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/putnam-county/first-national-bank-of-brewster-87002277/"}