Gallupville House

Gallupville House was built in 1872 in Gallupville, a hamlet in Schoharie County, New York. The original building was a two-and-a-half-story wood-frame structure designed for use as a hotel. Its exterior included a one-story porch along the front, a hipped tin roof, and a large square cupola that became one of its defining architectural features. The property was enlarged with a two-story rear addition dated to 1890. This expansion indicates that the building continued to have an established role in the community during the late nineteenth century. The combination of its original form and later addition preserves evidence of the building's development as a local hospitality and commercial property. Gallupville House remained in hotel use into the 1920s. It was then converted to an I.O.O.F. Hall, providing a meeting and social space associated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. In later years, the building was used by the local Grange and for town offices. These changes reflect a transition from private hospitality use to fraternal, agricultural-community, and civic functions. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. Its significance rests on its historical association with Gallupville and its architectural character as a substantially preserved nineteenth-century wood-frame hotel and public building. The available reference material does not document a current hotel business, a modern commercial brand operation, a corporate owner, or present-day management. The subject is therefore best treated as a historic property and community landmark within this encyclopedia.

• 1979

  National Register listing

  [1]Gallupville Houseen.wikipedia.org

  Gallupville House was listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places.

• 1920

  Hotel use continued into the 1920s

  [1]Gallupville Houseen.wikipedia.org

  The property continued to function as a hotel until sometime in the 1920s.

• 1920

  Conversion to an I.O.O.F. Hall

  [1]Gallupville Houseen.wikipedia.org

  After its hotel period, the building was converted for use as an Independent Order of Odd Fellows hall.

• 1890

  Rear addition completed

  [1]Gallupville Houseen.wikipedia.org

  A two-story addition was added at the rear of the building.

• 1872

  Construction of Gallupville House

  [1]Gallupville Houseen.wikipedia.org

  A two-and-a-half-story wood-frame building was constructed in Gallupville, New York, for use as a hotel.

A historic former hotel and community landmark rather than an actively marketed commercial brand.

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