National Register of Historic Places

Constable Hall

Constableville, Lewis County, New York
Listed
March 7, 1973
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
73001197

About this property

Constable Hall is a historic home located at Constableville in Lewis County, New York. It was built between 1810 and 1819 and is a two-story, rectangular Federal style limestone building with two 1-story wings. A U-shaped courtyard is created by the west side of the house and the two-story frame servants quarters to the south and carriage house to the north. The front features a two-story pedimented portico with paired attenuated free-standing Doric order columns on each side of the doorway. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. It is rumored that the famous poem "A Visit from St. Nicolas", (known more commonly as "'Twas the Night Before Christmas"), by Clement Clarke Moore was written about this building for two reasons. The first reason was that Moore was the cousin of Mary Eliza, the wife of Constable Hall architect, William Constable Jr. The second being that in the poem, the narrator "tore open the shutters and threw up the sash" referencing interior shutters, in which Constable Hall has.

Location

Constableville, Lewis County, New York
43.56221, -75.42328

Categories

ARCHITECTURE
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Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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Nearby Historic Sites

Constableville Village Historic District
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0.4 mi
Collins, Jonathan C., House and Cemetery
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0.6 mi
Leyden Common School No. 2
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3.4 mi
Wilson, Edmund, House
Early Republic
3.4 mi
Talcottville Cemetery
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3.7 mi

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When was Constable Hall listed on the National Register?

Constable Hall was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 7, 1973.

What type of historic resource is Constable Hall?

Constable Hall is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Constable Hall?

The period of significance for Constable Hall is recorded as the industrial era.

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