The Town and Country Building (also known as the Lyric Theatre (before 1913) and New Lyric Theatre (ca. 1913-ca. 1925) is a historic
commercial building
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located at
Liberty
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in
Sullivan County, New York.
Description and history
It was built in about 1890 as a combination meeting hall and retail space and has been occupied by a series of stores, theatres, and social groups. The last substantive exterior renovation was about 1950 when it received the current
Art Moderne facade. The building consists of two large rectangular blocks. The front block is two and one half stories tall and seven bays deep, surmounted by a gable roof. The rear block was built about 1950 and is one and one half stories tall, five bays deep, constructed of concrete block and surmounted by a broad gable roof. The Town and Country Men's and Boy's Clothing Store occupied the storefront for 50 years until the 1990s.
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It was added to the
National Register of Historic Places
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in 2004.
Allan Bérubé
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(1946–2007) helped to save the building.
References
External links
National Register Celebrates Preservation Week -- Liberty, New York, May 2005
Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state)
Commercial buildings completed in 1913
Buildings and structures in Sullivan County, New York
1913 establishments in New York (state)
National Register of Historic Places in Sullivan County, New York
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