Hessinger Store
History
The building was a general store, but also functioned as a post office, dance hall, and hotel / rooming house. It was a large wood-frame building constructed in four phases over a 20 to 50-year period starting about 1840. It was built of heavy timber, post and beam construction and built into a hillside on a stone foundation. The largest section was the 2+1⁄2-story center section. The second floor of the south wing originally served as a Masonic hall and features a barrel vaulted ceiling.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.
After the Hessingers sold the building, it went through a succession of at least three owners, who failed to keep the building in good repair. Eventually the building became dilapidated and rodent-infested.
In December 2010, the town of Callicoon decided to demolish the building. After a brief court battle the dilapidated building was demolished in April 2011.
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Whitman, Victor (9 April 2011). "Historic building to be demolished". Times Herald-Record. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
The demolition crews are there right now
- ^ Kathleen LaFrank (November 1999). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Hessinger Store". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original on 2012-10-13. Retrieved 2010-06-26. See also: "Accompanying four photos". Archived from the original on 2012-10-13. Retrieved 2010-06-27.
- ^ Mayer, Fritz. "Hessinger building reprieve". The River Reporter. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
