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Soldiers Memorial Town Hall
| Historic Site #: | 10-030 (Exists) Type: B2,E4,E6,K1,L | Town: | Rose | ||
| Site Name: | Soldiers Memorial Town Hall | GPS Coordinates: | 43.1529137, -76.8782237 | ||
| Address: | 4069 Main St, Rose NY | ||||
| Description: | |||||
| Site of the very first blue and gold NYS Historic marker ever received by the Town of Rose. On December 14, 2020 the very first blue and gold NYS Historic marker ever received by the Town of Rose was installed. Fittingly, this very first blue and gold marker commemorated the first town hall built in the Town of Rose the, Soldiers Memorial Town Hall. Special thanks to the William G. Pomeroy Foundation®, a grant-making foundation based in Syracuse, N.Y., which fully funded the “First Town Hall” New York State Historic Marker. | |||||
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| Rose Memorial Town Hall as it appeared in 1907, Photographer: unknown | First blue & gold NYS Historic Marker ever received by the Town of Rose, installed December 14, 2020. Photo by Melanie Maybe |
| Historic narrative: | |||||
This was the first town hall built in the Town of Rose. Prior to the existence of this structure annual town meetings were held in various residents and halls throughout the town. An appropriation, not to exceed $2,000, for the purpose of building a Soldiers Memorial Town Hall, in the Village of Rose, NY. finally passed on March 3, 1885, but not by much. The appropriation was carried by a vote of 220 for this building and 192 against building. At an annual town meeting on March 1, 1887 the John E. Sherman Post 401 GAR (Grand Army of the Republic) was granted free use of this town hall, for entertainments, when not previously engaged and the entire control of the room above the entrance. The Rose GAR Post 401 eventually disbanded in 1917. This building is still owned by the Town of Rose. In 1962 became the location of the Rose Free Library. | |||||
Record of Town Election in Rose – Election of Town Officers also Appointments of Overseers of Highways 1847-1945 [located in Rose Historian’s Files], Annual Town Meeting March 1 1872, Annual Town Meeting March 3d 1885, Annual Town Meeting March 1st 1887
Disbandment Papers_NYSA_B1706-00_B20_Post_401_Disbandment