{"nrhp_refnum":"88000019","name":"Central Hall","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"93 Central Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Sea Cliff","county":"Nassau County","state":"NY","lat":40.84835670900003,"lon":-73.64781300199996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1988-02-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Entertainment/Recreation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Central Hall is a two-story clapboard commercial and civic building at 93 Central Avenue in the Village of Sea Cliff, Town of Oyster Bay, Nassau County, New York. It was built in 1894 to designs by Fred Maidment, with William Maidment as builder.","why_significant":"The nomination argues that Central Hall is tied to Sea Cliff's community life during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, when the village grew rapidly as a fashionable resort. It is described as the most intact late nineteenth century commercial and civic building in the village. Its large second-floor meeting hall has long been a focus of community activity.","narrative":"Central Hall, at 93 Central Avenue in Sea Cliff, is a two-story clapboard building completed in 1894 and designed by Fred Maidment, with William Maidment as builder. It sits on a small corner lot beside Central Park. It has a low gable roof, a three-bay facade with a simple pediment, a coved wooden cornice, and a recessed porch that wraps the facade and south side. It began as a dry goods store and community meeting hall, and later housed the local Young Men's Club and the Community Youth Center. Its decoration is restrained compared with other resort-era buildings in the village. The bowed store windows and porch knee-braces were removed in 1920, and later sidings were taken off in 1975. The interior has been altered for commercial use, and an antique shop now occupies the building. It was listed as the most intact late nineteenth century commercial and civic building in Sea Cliff, reflecting the village's growth as a seaside resort.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Architect: Fred Maidment; Builder: William Maidment","architectural_style":null,"criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Present use is an antique shop; the interior has been altered for commercial use. The building is described as relatively intact and in a condition with no known threats.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:45.739511-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/88000019.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88000019/58c5ad9704-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88000019/58c5ad9704-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Ken Spencer","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Central_Hall,_93_Central_Avenue,_Sea_Cliff,_NY_sm.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Ken Spencer</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:Central_Hall,_93_Central_Avenue,_Sea_Cliff,_NY_sm.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75313803","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Hall_(Sea_Cliff,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5061152"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/nassau-county/central-hall-88000019/"}