Greece Memorial Hall
Greece Memorial Hall, also known as Greece Town Hall, was a historic town hall building located at Greece in Monroe County, New York. It consisted of a two-story, side-gabled main building constructed in 1919; two 1+1⁄2-story flanking wings built in 1936, and a two-part addition constructed in 1955. The main building featured a 1+1⁄2-story protruding portico with a stone arch flanked by two open oculi and supported by two stone Tuscan columns.
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| Nearest city | Greece, New York |
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| Coordinates | 43°12′34″N 77°41′43″W |
| Area | 2.5 acres (1.0 ha) |
| Built | 1919 |
| Architect | Crandall & Strobel |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
| Demolished | 1999 |
| NRHP reference No. | 98000395[1] |
| Added to NRHP | April 23, 1998 |
The hall memorialized the 288 young men from Greece who served in World War I, thirteen of whom died in battle.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998[1] and demolished in 1999.[3]
References
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- Elizabeth A. Bakker Johnson (March 1998). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Greece Memorial Hall". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2009-11-01. See also: "Accompanying 11 photos".
- "Scattered treasures recall Greece Memorial Hall". www.democratandchronicle.com. Democrat and Chronicle. October 10, 2014. Retrieved September 13, 2019.
The new town hall was built in 1997. Two years later, the Greece Memorial Hall was demolished. The old wooden mahogany seats that were once in the hall's auditorium are now on the north end of Town Hall, near the town clerk's office. And that bronze plaque naming all those who fought was also saved and now hangs in the Town Hall's main hallway.
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