{"nrhp_refnum":"90001333","name":"Union Hall","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"S. Shore Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Chaumont","county":"Jefferson County","state":"NY","lat":44.00582939700007,"lon":-76.21857723499994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1990-09-06","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, gable-front wooden grange and meeting hall built in 1908 on South Shore Road in the hamlet of Point Peninsula, town of Lyme, near Chaumont, Jefferson County, New York.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is an outstanding, largely intact example of the rural grange hall building type in Lyme, with its characteristic interior plan of an open ground floor and an upstairs meeting hall with stage. It was built by members of the Point Peninsula Grange and was the last known grange-type hall built in the town. It also reflects community development tied to the grange movement and local hay farming.","narrative":"Union Hall is a two-story, gable-front wooden building from 1908 on South Shore Road in Point Peninsula, a seasonal lakeside hamlet in the town of Lyme. Members of the Point Peninsula Grange, organized in 1905, formed the Union Hall Company to build it, with farm families holding stock in the hall. It was built on the site of the old village dock. The building has a rubble limestone foundation, clapboard and novelty-board siding, six-over-six windows and a ground-floor commercial storefront, which sets it apart from earlier grange halls in town. Inside, a large open room occupies the ground floor, and an upstairs meeting hall has matchstick-board walls, a high ceiling and a raised stage. It is considered the last grange-type hall built in Lyme and remains largely intact inside and out. It served as a community center until the grange disbanded after World War II. Its ground floor has since had varied uses, while the upstairs hall is unused.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Condition rated good. The ground floor has been used as a youth recreation center, polling place and for light storage; the upstairs meeting hall is unused and virtually intact.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:45.131774-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/90001333.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75313226","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Hall_(Chaumont,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7885729"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/jefferson-county/union-hall-90001333/"}