Star Grange No. 9
Why it's listed
Star Grange No. 9 is a two-story community grange hall on Sulphur Springs Road in Hounsfield, Jefferson County. Built in 1931, it is a light wood frame building on a concrete block foundation, three bays wide and five bays long, with wood shingle walls, a standing-seam metal gable roof and a hipped porch across the front. Inside, the original plan survives: an open dining area and kitchen on the first floor, and a meeting hall with a dais upstairs, with original paneling, seating and grange emblems. The building replaced an 1883 hall destroyed in a fire that swept the hamlet in August 1931, and members rebuilt it with volunteer labor. The grange was founded in 1873 at the home of Jay Dimick and was the ninth in New York State. The hall is valued as an intact example of the grange hall plan, with only its entrance doors altered.
Significance in brief: It is argued to be an intact representative example of grange hall plan and design in Hounsfield, with a two-story, three-by-five bay form, open first floor and segmented second-story meeting room. It replaced the 1883 grange building lost in an August 1931 fire. The grange was the ninth organized in New York State and the third in Jefferson County.
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 89001626, listed October 18, 1989. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence high).
Key facts
| Address | Sulphur Springs Rd. between Jericho and Spencer Rds., Hounsfield |
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| County | Jefferson County |
| Listed | October 18, 1989 |
| Reference number | 89001626 |
| Resource type | Building |
| Architectural style | Grange hall plan |
| Criteria |
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| Areas of significance | Architecture |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Still used as a grange; condition described as good, with only the entrance altered (doors replaced in 1986). |
| Acreage | 1.3 |
| Coordinates | 43.92731, -76.02737 (NPS GIS) |
What listing means for this property
National Register listing is honorary: it recognises significance and does not restrict what a private owner may do without federal money or permits. It unlocks the 20% federal rehabilitation tax credit for income-producing buildings, state credits in many states, and Section 106 review when federal agencies are involved. See what listing means in practice.
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Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 89001626.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q7600732
- This listing as JSON
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