St. Paul's Lutheran Church Historic District
St. Paul's Lutheran Church Historic District, also known as Schoharie United Presbyterian Church, is a historic Lutheran church complex and national historic district located at Schoharie, Schoharie County, New York. The complex consists of the former St. Paul's Lutheran Church, an 1801 manse, St. Paul's Lutheran Cemetery, and the old Lutheran Parsonage. The church was built in 1796, and is a two-story rectangular brick building. The front facade features a square, multistage entrance tower capped by an octagonal belfry and spire. The new manse was built in 1801, and is a five bay, two-story, double pile, heavy timber frame Federal style dwelling with a two-story rear ell. The church cemetery has several thousand graves, with the earliest marked grave dated to 1778. The Old Lutheran Parsonage was built in 1743, and is separately listed. In 1920,
the local Lutheran and Methodist congregations joined, and in 1960, the congregation voted to affiliate with the Presbyterian denomination.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.
References
- ^ "National Register of Historic Places". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 9/08/14 through 9/12/14. National Park Service. September 19, 2014.
- ^ "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)" (Searchable database). New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved November 1, 2015. Note: This includes Arlene Price & Travis Bowman (March 2014). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: St. Paul's Lutheran Church Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved November 1, 2015. and Accompanying photographs
External links
- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. NY-3144, "Old Lutheran Church, Schoharie, Schoharie County, NY", 3 photos
- church website