- City:
- Beekman, NY
- Site Type:
- Civic Facilities, City and Town Halls
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Started:
- 1940
- Completed:
- 1942
Description
This striking stone building was constructed by the WPA in 1940-42. As one local history site explains:
“On August 2, 1940 the Town Board offered a resolution which was unanimously carried to hold a special election at the Sylvan Grange Hall in Beekmanville on the 24th of August. The resolution was to erected and construct on its lot in Poughquag a Town Hall and building for town purposes at an expense not to exceed $ 23,000 of which $8,000 is to be contributed by the Town of Beekman and the Balance by the W.P.A. The town would issue a $1,000 bond each year for eight years to pay the $8,000. The election of the 24th resulted in 160 voters casting a vote of 135 yes and 25 no’s. (In 1940, the number of registered Beekman voters was 365, resulting in a 45% turnout.) In addition, at a meeting on Dec.30th 1940, the board voted to buy the adjoining lot across from the M.E.Church. The lot [was] owned by Fred Homes. The W.P.A. projects ended once America entered World War II on December 7, 1941. The last building for which FDR helped secure funding was the Beekman Town Hall. [It was] finished in 1942.” (https://www.beekmanhistory.com)
Source notes
“Town Hall,” Town of Beekman, https://www.beekmanhistory.com/id27.html, accessed June 25, 2014. https://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM3092_Town_Hall_Beekman_NYSite originally submitted by Brent McKee - wpatoday.org on August 11, 2014.
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