Hessinger Store

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Hessinger Store
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LocationMain St. (Co. Rd. 122), Callicoon Center, New York
Coordinates 41°50′10″N74°56′51″W / 41.83611°N 74.94750°W / 41.83611; -74.94750
Arealess than one acre
Built1840
Architectural styleGreek Revival
NRHP reference No. 00000584 [1]
Added to NRHPJune 2, 2000

Hessinger Store was a historic general store located at Callicoon Center in Sullivan County, New York. It was built in 1840 and demolished in April 2011. [2]

History

The building was a general store, but also functioned as a post office, dance hall, and hotel / rooming house. It was a large wood-frame building constructed in four phases over a 20 to 50-year period starting about 1840. It was built of heavy timber, post and beam construction and built into a hillside on a stone foundation. The largest section was the 2+1⁄2-story center section. The second floor of the south wing originally served as a Masonic hall and features a barrel vaulted ceiling. [3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. [1]

After the Hessingers sold the building, it went through a succession of at least three owners, who failed to keep the building in good repair. [2] Eventually the building became dilapidated and rodent-infested. [2]

In December 2010, the town of Callicoon decided to demolish the building. [4] After a brief court battle the dilapidated building was demolished in April 2011. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Whitman, Victor (April 9, 2011). "Historic building to be demolished". Times Herald-Record. Retrieved July 10, 2017. The demolition crews are there right now
  3. ↑ Kathleen LaFrank (November 1999). National Register of Historic Places Registration: New York SP Hessinger Store. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved November 30, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)
  4. ↑ Mayer, Fritz. "Hessinger building reprieve". The River Reporter . Retrieved January 28, 2011.
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