{"nrhp_refnum":"88002198","name":"Community Building","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Montcalm and Champlain Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Ticonderoga","county":"Essex County","state":"NY","lat":43.848421132000055,"lon":-73.43799661699995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1988-11-15","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, five-bay neo-Georgian ashlar granite civic building at the east end of Montcalm Street in the village of Ticonderoga, Essex County, New York, built in 1927 to designs by M.H. Westhoff of Springfield, Massachusetts.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is an outstanding, highly intact example of monumental Georgian-inspired civic architecture and the finest neo-Georgian public building in the village. It was one of several architectural gifts financed by philanthropist Horace Moses. It has served as the seat of village and town government and as a community center.","narrative":"Built in 1927 at the east end of Montcalm Street in Ticonderoga, the Community Building is a large two-story civic structure of ashlar granite in the neo-Georgian style. It has a slate hipped roof, an octagonal cupola with a lantern, a balustraded entablature, and a monumental bowed portico with Ionic columns on the north facade. M.H. Westhoff of Springfield, Massachusetts, was the architect, and Minor Construction Co. of Worcester built it. Industrialist and philanthropist Horace A. Moses financed the building as one of several gifts to his native town. Inside, a central lobby with classical detailing, Adamesque ceiling work, and a second-floor auditorium with fluted pilasters and a coved ceiling remain largely intact. The building was recognized as the finest neo-Georgian public architecture in the village and a prominent local landmark. It has housed village government, and most of it is now used by a community college serving educational and civic needs.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Architect: M.H. Westhoff, Springfield, MA; Builder: Minor Construction Co., Worcester, MA","architectural_style":"Neo-Georgian (Colonial Revival)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Rated in fair condition; village government occupies two first-floor offices and most of the building is used by a community college.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:45.372442-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/88002198.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002198/82be8f233b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002198/82be8f233b-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Mwanner","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Community_Building,_Ticonderoga,_NY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Mwanner</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:Community_Building,_Ticonderoga,_NY.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75312862","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_Building_(Ticonderoga,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5154659"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/essex-county/community-building-88002198/"}