Old Sardinia Town Hall, also known as the Sardinia Meeting House and First Baptist Church of Sardinia, is a historic
town hall located at
Sardinia
Sardinia ( ; it, Sardegna, label=Italian, Corsican and Tabarchino ; sc, Sardigna , sdc, Sardhigna; french: Sardaigne; sdn, Saldigna; ca, Sardenya, label=Algherese and Catalan) is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after ...
in
Erie County, New York
Erie County is a county along the shore of Lake Erie in western New York State. As of the 2020 census, the population was 954,236. The county seat is Buffalo, which makes up about 28% of the county's population. Both the county and Lake Erie w ...
. It was built between 1828 and 1830, and is a two-story, transitional
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Greek Revival
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style frame building. It originally housed a
Baptist
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church
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congregation. The building was renovated in the early-1930s and housed a local community hall until deeded to the town of Sardinia in 1945 for use as a town hall. It is now home to the Sardinia Historical Society and Museum.
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It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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in 2008.
References
External links
Sardinia Historical Society
"New name chosen for old Sardinia Town Hall," ''Springville Journal'', March 18, 2009
Museums in Erie County, New York
City and town halls on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state)
Federal architecture in New York (state)
Greek Revival architecture in New York (state)
Government buildings completed in 1829
Historical society museums in New York (state)
National Register of Historic Places in Erie County, New York
1829 establishments in New York (state)
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