{"nrhp_refnum":"96000482","name":"Naples Memorial Town Hall","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"N. Main St., NE corner of jct. of N. Main and Monier Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Naples","county":"Ontario County","state":"NY","lat":42.61733891600005,"lon":-77.40027811099998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1996-05-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Entertainment/Recreation"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Italianate brick town hall built in 1872 on North Main Street in the village of Naples, Ontario County, New York, set in a 2.2-acre town park called Memorial Town Park.","why_significant":"The hall is significant under Criterion A for its long role as the social and recreational center of the town and village of Naples, and under Criterion C as an imposing example of late Victorian public architecture. It was built to commemorate Civil War soldiers. The surrounding park and a Gettysburg Address plaque add to its significance.","narrative":"Built in 1872 on North Main Street in Naples, this two-story brick town hall was raised as a living memorial to local Civil War soldiers. Residents bought the old circus lot and raised $13,500 for the project. Seymour H. Sutton, a local grocer and justice of the peace, designed it, and contractor E. W. Buck built it. The Italianate building has a gable roof with bracketed eaves, corbelled brickwork, segmentally arched windows and an octagonal bell tower. Inside, meeting rooms fill the first floor and an auditorium with a stage occupies the second. For decades it hosted fairs, concerts, band performances and high school sports, serving as the main gathering place for the village and town. A new central school across the street made it obsolete around 1942, and private owners used it commercially until the town reacquired it in 1972. It again serves as a community center within its landscaped park, which also holds a Gettysburg Address plaque set in a boulder.","period_of_significance":"1872","architect_builder":"Seymour H. Sutton, Naples; E.W. Buck, Naples","architectural_style":"Late Victorian: Italianate","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Serves again as a community center, hosting the annual Naples Grape Festival, a flea market and children's and educational programs; described as underutilized and in slight disrepair.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:50.427013-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/96000482.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96000482/4792bddc79-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96000482/4792bddc79-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Naples_Memorial_Town_Hall_Jun_09.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Naples_Memorial_Town_Hall_Jun_09.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"100008554","name":"Central Naples Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/central-naples-historic-district-100008554/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75320519","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naples_Memorial_Town_Hall","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6964977"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/ontario-county/naples-memorial-town-hall-96000482/"}