Pierrepont Town Buildings
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Pierrepont Town Buildings is a historic town hall
and related building complex located at Pierrepont
in St. Lawrence County, New York
. The complex consists of three buildings: the Pierrepont Town Hall, Pierrepont Museum (District School #2), and Pierrepont Union Church. The Pierrepont Town Hall is a white frame clapboard
structure built in 1847 and originally of Greek Revival
design. It features an open porch with Greek pediment
with four square tapering columns. It was remodeled in 1901 and again in 1953-1955.
The Pierrepont Museum is housed in a former one-room school
and is a one story wood frame structure built about 1826.
The Pierrepont Union Church is a one story wood frame Queen Anne
style building with two main gable roofed sections built in the mid 1880s.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
in 1982.
City and Town Hall
City and Town Hall is located in downtown Rochelle, Ogle County, Illinois, United States. The City and Town Hall operates as the township history museum, holding a number of static displays on local history. Historically it served as the headquarters for city and township government as well as...
and related building complex located at Pierrepont
Pierrepont, New York
Pierrepont is a town and hamlet in St. Lawrence County, New York, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the town population was 2,674. It was named after Hezekiah Pierrepont, the early owner of much of the town's territory. The Town of Pierrepont is centrally located in the county and is...
in St. Lawrence County, New York
St. Lawrence County, New York
St. Lawrence County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 111,944. The county seat is Canton. The county is named for the Saint Lawrence River, which in turn was named for the Catholic saint on whose Feast day the river was discovered by...
. The complex consists of three buildings: the Pierrepont Town Hall, Pierrepont Museum (District School #2), and Pierrepont Union Church. The Pierrepont Town Hall is a white frame clapboard
Clapboard (architecture)
Clapboard, also known as bevel siding or lap siding or weather-board , is a board used typically for exterior horizontal siding that has one edge thicker than the other and where the board above laps over the one below...
structure built in 1847 and originally of Greek Revival
Greek Revival architecture
The Greek Revival was an architectural movement of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in Northern Europe and the United States. A product of Hellenism, it may be looked upon as the last phase in the development of Neoclassical architecture...
design. It features an open porch with Greek pediment
Pediment
A pediment is a classical architectural element consisting of the triangular section found above the horizontal structure , typically supported by columns. The gable end of the pediment is surrounded by the cornice moulding...
with four square tapering columns. It was remodeled in 1901 and again in 1953-1955.
The Pierrepont Museum is housed in a former one-room school
One-room school
One-room schools were commonplace throughout rural portions of various countries including the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Ireland and Spain in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In most rural and small town schools, all of the students met in a single room...
and is a one story wood frame structure built about 1826.
The Pierrepont Union Church is a one story wood frame Queen Anne
Queen Anne Style architecture
The Queen Anne Style in Britain means either the English Baroque architectural style roughly of the reign of Queen Anne , or a revived form that was popular in the last quarter of the 19th century and the early decades of the 20th century...
style building with two main gable roofed sections built in the mid 1880s.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 1982.