Salisbury Center Grange Hall
Why it's listed
Standing on the south side of Route 29 in the hamlet of Salisbury Center, this 2 1/2-story wood frame building was put up in 1899 as a Universalist church hall. In 1929 the local Grange chapter, No. 624, acquired it by trading its former GAR building and paying an additional $1,500. The Grangers then raised the one-story building to create a dining room, kitchen and furnace room in the basement. The plain, rectangular, clapboard-sided hall has a steeply pitched metal roof, tall two-over-two windows, and an interior of varnished beadboard around a large meeting room with a raised stage. Grange halls like this one served farm families as venues for dances, card parties, stage shows, lectures and community suppers. Membership peaked at 332 in 1932, and the building was used for patriotic rallies and Red Cross work during both World Wars. It was listed for its social history and for being a highly intact example of a rural Grange hall.
Significance in brief: The hall is described as a substantially intact, representative example of a rural Grange hall of the early twentieth century. It has a large meeting room/auditorium and kitchen and dining facilities, and it served as the social focus of the surrounding farming community. The Grange converted the building in 1929, and the listing record sets the period of significance at 1929-1949.
Machine-generated summary. This summary was generated by a language model from the official nomination document and has not been reviewed line by line by an editor. It may contain errors. Check the source document before relying on any detail. Source: nomination document (PDF) · National Archives catalog entry. NRHP reference 99000056, listed February 12, 1999. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence high).
Key facts
| Address | 2550 NY 29, Salisbury Center |
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| County | Herkimer County |
| Listed | February 12, 1999 |
| Reference number | 99000056 |
| Resource type | Building |
| Period of significance | 1929-1949 |
| Architectural style | No style (vernacular frame building) |
| Criteria |
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| Areas of significance | Social History, Architecture |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | The Salisbury Center Grange No. 624 remains active and has carefully maintained the hall; it is still used as a meeting hall. |
| Acreage | 0.9 |
| Coordinates | 43.14235, -74.78780 (NPS GIS) |
What listing means for this property
National Register listing is honorary for a privately owned home: it does not by itself restrict what an owner may do with their own money, and it does not require public access. Restrictions come from local landmark or historic-district ordinances, which are separate (how they differ).
Owner-occupied houses are not eligible for the 20% federal rehabilitation tax credit, which applies to income-producing buildings, but many states offer credits for homeowners. Listing also opens the door to preservation easements and to buying a plaque. Start with what listing means for homeowners, renovating a listed house and selling one.
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Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 99000056.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q7404749
- This listing as JSON
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