Sea Cliff Village Hall, Library and Museum Complex

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Sea Cliff Village Hall, Library
and Museum Complex
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Location300 Sea Cliff Avenue,
Sea Cliff, New York
Coordinates 40°50′58″N73°38′50″W / 40.849435°N 73.647120°W / 40.849435; -73.647120 Coordinates: 40°50′58″N73°38′50″W / 40.849435°N 73.647120°W / 40.849435; -73.647120
Arealess than one acre
Built byH. H. Vought
Architect Milton See & Son
Architectural styleTudor Revival, Late Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No. 05000328 [1]
Added to NRHPApril 22, 2005
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The complex from the southeast

Sea Cliff Village Hall, Library and Museum Complex is a historic civic building complex located at Sea Cliff in Nassau County, New York. The complex is a grouping of three functional units in two interconnected buildings originally built in 1914 as the Sea Cliff Methodist Church, Sunday School / Chapel, and Rectory. It is constructed of beige brick with cast stone accents and slate-covered roofs in the Late Gothic Revival or Collegiate Gothic style. It features a square bell tower. The former rectory contains the museum and is a two-story rectangular building in the Tudor Revival style. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Virginia L. Bartos (December 2004). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Sea Cliff Village Hall, Library and Museum Complex". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation . Retrieved 2010-11-20.See also: "Accompanying seven photos".