Belmont Grange #1243, also known as Andrew McNett Residence, is a historic grange building located at Belmont

Belmont, New York

Belmont is a village within the Town of Amity which is in Allegany County, New York, USA. Belmont is the county seat of Allegany County. The population was 952 at the 2000 census. The name means beautiful hill....

 in Allegany County, New York

Allegany County, New York

Allegany County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 48,946. Its name derives from a Delaware Indian word, applied by settlers of Western New York State to a trail that followed the Allegheny River. Its county seat is...

. It was built about 1860 in the Italianate

Italianate architecture

The Italianate style of architecture was a distinct 19th-century phase in the history of Classical architecture. In the Italianate style, the models and architectural vocabulary of 16th-century Italian Renaissance architecture, which had served as inspiration for both Palladianism and...

 style by Andrew McNett, an attorney, Civil War veteran, and subsequently the village's first mayor. The McNett family undertook modifications about 1890 to the Queen Anne style. In 1923, the property was transferred to the International Order of Odd Fellows. The Grange purchased the property in 1937.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...

in 2006.