Lake View Grange No. 970

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Lake View Grange No. 970
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Location 22 Champlain Ave., Westport, New York
Coordinates 44°11′09″N73°26′15″W / 44.18583°N 73.43750°W / 44.18583; -73.43750 Coordinates: 44°11′09″N73°26′15″W / 44.18583°N 73.43750°W / 44.18583; -73.43750
Area 0.17 acres (0.069 ha)
Built 1928 (1928)
Built by Gough, Vern
Architectural style Colonial Revival
NRHP reference # 13000626 [1]
Added to NRHP August 27, 2013

Lake View Grange No. 970, also known as the Westport Town Offices and Depew's Roller Rink, is a historic Grange building located at Westport, Essex County, New York. It was built about 1920, and is a two-story, gable front frame building with Colonial Revival style design elements. The buildings is built into a banked site and measures 36 feet by 90 feet. The building housed a local Grange chapter from its construction until about 1940, a roller rink in the 1950s along with a chapter of the American Legion, then after 1971 the Westport town and village offices. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register of Historic Places". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 8/23/13 through 8/30/13. National Park Service. 2013-09-06.
  2. "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)" (Searchable database). New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation . Retrieved 2016-02-01.[ permanent dead link ]Note: This includes William E. Krattinger (April 2013). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Lake View Grange No. 970" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-02-01. and Accompanying photographs