Conesus Amusement Hall
Also known as: Conesus Town Hall
Why it's listed
Built in 1888 in the hamlet of Conesus, near the south end of Conesus Lake, this one-story wood-frame hall measures roughly 30 by 70 feet. It has a high false front with a bracketed cornice, novelty siding, and an original sheet-metal ventilator with an onion-dome profile. Inside, it keeps its raised stage, ticket booth, cloakroom, bead board walls and ceiling, and fir flooring. Local residents paid for construction by buying stock at thirty dollars per share. Over the decades the hall hosted hometown plays, concerts, basketball, roller skating, patriotic meetings, blood drives and World War II civil defense work. The town bought it in 1922 and added a basement in 1935, which the American Legion renovated in 1950. Since the 1980s it has housed town offices, town meetings, local court proceedings, Memorial Day observances and a food pantry. It is significant as an unaltered example of a small-town community hall and entertainment venue of its era.
Significance in brief: It is an intact example of a modest late nineteenth century multi-purpose performing arts and community hall built from readily available stock materials. It has hosted plays, concerts, patriotic and commemorative events, blood drives and World War II civil defense activity, and has been a center of community life since it was built.
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 05000567, listed June 10, 2005. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence high).
Key facts
| Address | 6210 S. Livonia Rd., Conesus |
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| County | Livingston County |
| Listed | June 10, 2005 |
| Reference number | 05000567 |
| Resource type | Building |
| Period of significance | 1888-1954 |
| Architect / builder | Unknown |
| Architectural style | Late Victorian / Queen Anne |
| Criteria |
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| Areas of significance | Architecture, Entertainment/Recreation, Social History |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Still in use as the Conesus Town Hall and community gathering place, with town offices in the basement and the original stage, ticket booth, cloakroom and flooring retained. |
| Acreage | 0.4 |
| Coordinates | 42.72104, -77.67617 (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 05000567.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q5159545
- This listing as JSON
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