Constable Hall

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Constable Hall
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LocationOff NY 26, Constableville, New York
Coordinates 43°33′43″N75°25′24″W / 43.56194°N 75.42333°W / 43.56194; -75.42333 Coordinates: 43°33′43″N75°25′24″W / 43.56194°N 75.42333°W / 43.56194; -75.42333
Area22.4 acres (9.1 ha)
Built1810
ArchitectConstable, William Jr.
Architectural styleFederal
NRHP reference No. 73001197 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 7, 1973

Constable Hall is a historic home located at Constableville in Lewis County, New York. It was built between 1810 and 1819 and is a two-story, rectangular Federal style limestone building with two 1-story wings. A U-shaped courtyard is created by the west side of the house and the two-story frame servants quarters to the south and carriage house to the north. The front features a two-story pedimented portico with paired attenuated free-standing Doric order columns on each side of the doorway. [2]

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It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. [1]

It is rumored that the famous poem "A Visit from St. Nicolas", (known more commonly as "'Twas the Night Before Christmas"), by Clement Clarke Moore was written about this building for two reasons. The first reason was that Moore was the cousin of Mary Eliza, the wife of Constable Hall architect, William Constable Jr. The second being that in the poem, the narrator "tore open the shutters and threw up the sash" referencing interior shutters, in which Constable Hall has. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. T. Robins Brown (July 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Constable Hall". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation . Retrieved 2009-12-10.See also: "Accompanying two photos".
  3. "Constable Hall ...ABOUT ...Fun Facts". www.constablehall.org. Archived from the original on 2017-06-23.