{"nrhp_refnum":"99000058","name":"Pleasant Valley Grange Hall","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"US 20, 2 mi. W of Pleasant Valley","address_restricted":false,"city":"Pleasant Valley","county":"Oneida County","state":"NY","lat":42.91734891800007,"lon":-75.43989000599998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1999-02-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Social History","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A stone Greek Revival building on the north side of U.S. Route 20, near the hamlet of Pleasant Valley in Oneida County, New York. It was built about 1830 as a farmhouse and has served as a Grange meeting hall since 1922.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is an important early regional example of vernacular Greek Revival masonry, with smooth dressed limestone walls reflecting local stonemasons' craftsmanship. It also served as a social center for the rural town of Sangerfield through the Pleasant Valley Grange No. 1453. It is described as evocative of the Cherry Valley Turnpike era.","narrative":"Standing on a grassy knoll beside U.S. Route 20 in Oneida County, this limestone building began about 1830 as a tenant farmhouse on the Jonathan Jewett farm, along the Cherry Valley Turnpike. Its 2 1/2-story main block is built of smooth dressed limestone laid in random ashlar, quarried at Oriskany Falls and hauled to the site. Quoins, bush-hammered sills and lintels, a wood cornice with returns, and fluted porch columns mark it as an early regional example of vernacular Greek Revival design. In 1922 the Pleasant Valley Grange began meeting in the house, and the chapter bought it in 1935. The Grangers removed the first-floor entrance hall and parlor walls to create a single meeting room and added a kitchen and storage space, while the second floor kept its original rooms and finishes. The hall has long served as a social gathering place for farm families in the town of Sangerfield and the surrounding area.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1830 (the Keeper added 1922-1949 under Criterion A for Social History)","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Mid-19th Century/Greek Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still in use as a Grange meeting hall, with a large meeting room, kitchen and storage on the first floor.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:50.32217-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/99000058.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75320245","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleasant_Valley_Grange_Hall","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7204064"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/oneida-county/pleasant-valley-grange-hall-99000058/"}