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Union Hall is on the national register of historical buildings. The building is architecturally significant as a rare surviving example of the nineteenth-century wood-frame commercial buildings in the town of North Salem, NY which recalls an important episode in the area's nineteenth-century growth and development. Built in 1841, Union Hall was part of a small thriving farming community and functioned as a store, meeting hall, stagecoach stop and residence. As a result of its commercial and public use in the agrarian town of North Salem, the building became the center for local community affairs and is a well-recognized landmark. It is rumored that Jenny Lind sang in Union Hall, and Barnum and Bailey circus tents were stored there. The building retains a high level of architectural integrity and exhibits numerous features which are characteristic of the town's nineteenth-century building practices and popular American architectural tastes of the period. Specifically, Union Hall retains its original wood frame construction, re-stored sheathing, and trim and numerous interior finishes and details. It also displays restrained Italianate style decoration at its main facade porch, storefront, second floor windows, and roof line. The building remains an architecturally significant reminder of North Salem's nineteenth-century agricultural prosperity and related growth.