{"nrhp_refnum":"94000803","name":"Windom Hall","other_names":["Scottsville Free Library"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"28 Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Scottsville","county":"Monroe County","state":"NY","lat":43.01977225200005,"lon":-77.75011108399997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1994-08-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Windom Hall, now the Scottsville Free Library, is a two-story frame Queen Anne building at 28 Main Street in the village of Scottsville, Monroe County, New York. It was built in 1892 as a community hall and theater, designed by Charles Ellis.","why_significant":"The building is significant for architecture as a distinctive example of a small mixed-use, late-nineteenth-century civic building in Scottsville. It embodies Queen Anne characteristics such as multiple planes, projecting bays and small-scale classical decoration. It also keeps a high level of interior integrity and has served as a focal point of community life.","narrative":"Built in 1892 at 28 Main Street in Scottsville, Windom Hall began as a theater and public hall and now serves as the village's free library. Local architect Charles Ellis designed the two-story frame building in the Queen Anne style, and Myron Pope built it. The front section has projecting bays, gabled window hoods with sunburst designs, and dormers, while a long rear auditorium once seated 468 people. Local investors built it as a commercial venture. It hosted plays, graduations and dances before being sold in 1914 to the Scottsville Village Improvement Society. The library moved in during 1916 and took over the auditorium as its main reading room in 1937. The entrance portico and balcony were removed in 1961 because of deterioration, but the exterior still reads as Queen Anne. Inside, the original layout, wood finishes, floors, moldings and stage machinery largely survive. These qualities led to its listing for architecture.","period_of_significance":"1892-c1937","architect_builder":"Charles Ellis (architect); Myron Pope (builder)","architectural_style":"Queen Anne","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"In continuous civic use since construction and used exclusively as a free public library since the mid-1930s; the entrance portico was removed in 1961.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:50.794503-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/94000803.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/94000803/9e2d13963b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/94000803/9e2d13963b-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Coosbane at en.wikipedia","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Scottsville_Free_Library.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Coosbane at en.wikipedia</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Scottsville_Free_Library.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75318979","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottsville_Free_Library","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7438202"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/monroe-county/windom-hall-94000803/"}