Knights of the Maccabees Hall explained

Knights of the Maccabees Hall
Location:4270 NY 21, Cheshire, New York
Coordinates:42.8994°N -77.2664°W
Added:June 13, 2013
Area:Less than
Refnum:13000371[1]

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.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Listings. 2013-06-21. Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 6/10/13 through 6/14/13 . National Park Service.
  2. Web site: Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS). https://archive.today/20150701003048/http://cris.parks.ny.gov/. dead. July 1, 2015. New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Searchable database. 2015-11-01. Note: This includes Web site: National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Knights of the Maccabees Hall. 2015-11-01. Preston Pierce. PDF. June 2014. and Accompanying photographs