The Adirondack Architectural Heritage (AARCH) Annual Meeting and Preservation Awards event will be held on Saturday, September 17 from 3 to 5 p.m. at the recently-rehabilitated Sandy Hill Arts Center in Hudson Falls, NY.
The Sandy Hill Arts Center was built in 1901 as a Masonic Temple and housed various functions over the years, including storefronts and offices. This striking Romanesque Revival-inspired brick building illustrates the prosperity that Hudson Falls (then the village of Sandy Hill) experienced as a result of the timber and papermaking boom along its powerful stretch of the Hudson River. After decades of neglect and disrepair, Bill Nikas acquired » Continue Reading.