Epworth Hall (Perry, New York)

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Epworth Hall
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Epworth Hall, July 2011
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Nearest city Perry, New York
Coordinates 42°41′53″N78°1′16″W / 42.69806°N 78.02111°W / 42.69806; -78.02111
Built1892
ArchitectDyer, Otis
Architectural styleColonial Revival
NRHP reference No. 00000350 [1]
Added to NRHPApril 06, 2000

Epworth Hall is a historic assembly hall located in Castile township in Wyoming County, New York. It was built in 1892 in the Colonial Revival style and is the largest of three such halls on the grounds of the Silver Lake Institute, a Methodist-affiliated camp facility established in 1873. The two story, 100 feet by 50 feet, multi-purpose building exhibits elements of the Akron Plan in its interior layout. [2]

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It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. [1]

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  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2019-04-04. Retrieved 2016-08-01.Note: This includes Robert T. Englert (December 1999). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Epworth Hall" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-08-01. and Accompanying five photographs