Halcott Grange No. 881
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Halcott Grange No. 881, also known as Green Valley Grange, is a historic Grange building located at Halcott
Halcott, New York
Halcott is a town in Greene County, New York, United States. The population was 258 at the 2010 census.The Town of Halcott is located in the southwestern corner of the county.- History :...

 in Greene County, New York
Greene County, New York
Greene County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. Its name is in honor of the American Revolutionary War general Nathanael Greene. Its county seat is Catskill...

. It was built in 1889 and is a -story, rectangular gable-roofed structure. It features a prominent portico
Portico
A portico is a porch leading to the entrance of a building, or extended as a colonnade, with a roof structure over a walkway, supported by columns or enclosed by walls...

 and cupola
Cupola
In architecture, a cupola is a small, most-often dome-like, structure on top of a building. Often used to provide a lookout or to admit light and air, it usually crowns a larger roof or dome....

 with Italianate brackets. It was originally built as a creamery
Creamery
In a dairy, the creamery is the location of cream processing. Cream is separated from whole milk; pasteurization is done to the skimmed milk and cream separately. Whole milk for sale has had some cream returned to the skimmed milk....

 and converted for use as a Grange after 1914.

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 2000.
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