Union Hall is a historic commercial building located at North Salem,

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. It is impossible to trace its original owner and the date it was built due to omissions in the Land Records Office in White Plains. It was built around 1848 in the

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style. It is built into the side of a steep slope and has a two-story front facade and four stories at the rear. It is a rectangular, wood-frame building sheathed in unpainted clapboard. The building once functioned as a store, meeting hall, stagecoach stop, and residence. Also on the property there was a contributing carriage barn. ''Note:'' This includes an
''Accompanying four photographs''
/ref> However The Carriage Barn roof caved in due to heavy snows in January 1996 and was demolished in 2001. It is currently owned by Janis Menken.North Salem Historic Preservation Commission It was added to the

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in 1986.

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Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Italianate architecture in New York (state) Commercial buildings completed in 1865 Buildings and structures in Westchester County, New York National Register of Historic Places in Westchester County, New York {{WestchesterCountyNY-NRHP-stub

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