Union Hall
Why it's listed
Union Hall is a two-story, gable-front wooden building from 1908 on South Shore Road in Point Peninsula, a seasonal lakeside hamlet in the town of Lyme. Members of the Point Peninsula Grange, organized in 1905, formed the Union Hall Company to build it, with farm families holding stock in the hall. It was built on the site of the old village dock. The building has a rubble limestone foundation, clapboard and novelty-board siding, six-over-six windows and a ground-floor commercial storefront, which sets it apart from earlier grange halls in town. Inside, a large open room occupies the ground floor, and an upstairs meeting hall has matchstick-board walls, a high ceiling and a raised stage. It is considered the last grange-type hall built in Lyme and remains largely intact inside and out. It served as a community center until the grange disbanded after World War II. Its ground floor has since had varied uses, while the upstairs hall is unused.
Significance in brief: The nomination argues it is an outstanding, largely intact example of the rural grange hall building type in Lyme, with its characteristic interior plan of an open ground floor and an upstairs meeting hall with stage. It was built by members of the Point Peninsula Grange and was the last known grange-type hall built in the town. It also reflects community development tied to the grange movement and local hay farming.
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 90001333, listed September 6, 1990. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence high).
Key facts
| Address | S. Shore Rd., Chaumont |
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| County | Jefferson County |
| Listed | September 6, 1990 |
| Reference number | 90001333 |
| Resource type | Building |
| Criteria |
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| Areas of significance | Community Planning and Development, Architecture |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Condition rated good. The ground floor has been used as a youth recreation center, polling place and for light storage; the upstairs meeting hall is unused and virtually intact. |
| Acreage | 0.9 |
| Coordinates | 44.00583, -76.21858 (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 90001333.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q7885729
- This listing as JSON
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