Pickens Hall

Pickens Hall was a vaudeville venue at Heuvelton in St. Lawrence County, New York. It was built in 1858 and is a three-story, rectangular stone building, 65 feet wide and 74 feet deep. It is an Italianate style building with commercial space on the first floor and office/storage rooms on the second floor. There is a General Store on the first floor, function space on the second, and a newly restored Opera House on the third floor which serves as a venue for various performances. The $2.75 million restoration project just received an "Excellence in Historic Preservation" award from the Preservation League of NY State.[2]

Pickens Hall
Location83 State St., Heuvelton, New York
Coordinates44°37′10″N 75°24′22″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1858
Architectural styleItalianate
NRHP reference No.04001205[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 27, 2004

It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.[1]

In 2007 The Heuvelton Historical Association received a $50,000 state grant[3] to restore Pickens Hall which is now open as Pickens General Store.

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  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 2016-08-01. Note: This includes Nancy L. Todd (June 2004). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Pickens Hall" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-08-01. and Accompanying photographs
  3. "Wright secures $50,000 for Pickens Hall project". Watertown Daily Times. September 6, 2007. Retrieved 2009-12-06. State Sen. James W. Wright, R-Watertown, secured the member-item grant for the association. The funding will be used to help match a $100,000 challenge grant from the Sweetgrass Foundation, said Graham D. Wise, chief of staff for Sen. Wright.


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