Lancaster Municipal Building (Lancaster, New York)

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Lancaster Municipal Building
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Location5423 Broadway, Lancaster, New York
Coordinates 42°54′0″N78°40′14″W / 42.90000°N 78.67056°W / 42.90000; -78.67056 Coordinates: 42°54′0″N78°40′14″W / 42.90000°N 78.67056°W / 42.90000; -78.67056
Arealess than one acre
Built1940 (1940)
ArchitectHudson & Hudson; Wing, Charles H.
Architectural styleModerne
MPS Lancaster, New York MPS
NRHP reference No. 99001420 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 30, 1999

Lancaster Municipal Building is a historic municipal building in Lancaster, Erie County, New York. It is also known as Lancaster Village Hall, and was built in 1940. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999. [1] It is located in the Broadway Historic District.

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  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 2016-07-01.Note: This includes Claire L. Ross (January 1999). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Lancaster Municipal Building" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-07-01. and Accompanying photograph