Moriah Town Office Building Explained

Moriah Town Office Building
Location:Cedar St., Town of Moriah, Port Henry, New York
Coordinates:44.0489°N -73.4622°W
Built:1875
Architecture:Second Empire
Added:May 18, 1995
Refnum:95000594

Moriah Town Office Building is a historic town hall building, located at Port Henry in Essex County, New York, built in 1875. It is a massive, 3-story rectangular, five-by-three-bay, brick building capped by a concave mansard roof in the Second Empire style. It features three tall brick chimneys with molded caps, symmetrically placed gable dormers, and a square roof-top cupola. Also on the property are a carriage house and modest clapboard-sided building, used as a court house. It was built as the main office of Witherbee, Sherman, and Company (later Republic Steel) and obtained for use as town offices in May 1959.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Registration: Moriah Town Office Building. February 1995. 2010-06-26 . Linda M. Garofalini. New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. See also: Web site: Accompanying 12 photos.