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Highest Priority: Preservation Of Village Hall Begins

LAKEWOOD — Long-term preservation of the Lakewood Village Hall began Thursday.

The village recently was awarded a $13,400 grant from the Preservation League of New York State to study the building.

According to Village Historic Preservation Committee Chairman Ted McCague, in 2014 the village began the comprhensive planning process for long-term preservation of the village’s historic building. He added that it was given the highest priority.

“Today, we begin to execute on this important step in our implementation strategy,” McCague added.

According to the league’s website, preservenys.org, the hall was constructed in 1915 to serve as the first established location for the volunteer Lakewood Hose Company. Over the course of its more than 100 years of continuous operation, the building also functioned as a police station, history museum, community center, and Lakewood’s Village Court.

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