National Register of Historic Places

Knights of the Maccabees Hall

Cheshire, Ontario County, New York
Listed
June 11, 2013
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
13000371

About this property

Knights of the Maccabees Hall, also known as Cheshire Meeting Hall, is a historic meeting hall located at Cheshire, Ontario County, New York. It was built in 1898, and is a 1/1/2-story, rectangular, frame building with a front-gable roof and clad in clapboard siding. It measures 36.6 feet wide and 65 feet long and rests on a stone and concrete foundation with basement. In addition to the Knights of the Maccabees, the building also hosted a local chapter of the Grand Army of the Republic and the Cheshire Grange, who purchased the building in 1920. The building has hosted numerous community events. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.

Location

4270 NY 21
Cheshire, Ontario County, New York
42.82397, -77.32748

Categories

SOCIAL HISTORYARCHITECTURE
Sources

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

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When was Knights of the Maccabees Hall listed on the National Register?

Knights of the Maccabees Hall was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 11, 2013.

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

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

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