Moriah Town Office Building

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.[2]

Moriah Town Office Building
Moriah Town Office Building is located in New York
Moriah Town Office Building
Moriah Town Office Building is located in the United States
Moriah Town Office Building
LocationCedar St., Town of Moriah, Port Henry, New York
Coordinates44°2′56″N 73°27′44″W / 44.04889°N 73.46222°W / 44.04889; -73.46222
Area3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built1875
Architectural styleSecond Empire
MPSMoriah MPS
NRHP reference No.95000594[1]
Added to NRHPMay 18, 1995

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ Linda M. Garofalini (February 1995). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Moriah Town Office Building". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2010-06-26. See also: "Accompanying 12 photos".