Christ Episcopal Church (Duanesburg, New York)

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Christ Episcopal Church
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Christ Episcopal Church, June 2009
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LocationNY 20, Duanesburg, New York
Coordinates 42°46′7″N74°9′17″W / 42.76861°N 74.15472°W / 42.76861; -74.15472
Area4.9 acres (2.0 ha)
Built1793
MPS Duanesburg MRA
NRHP reference No. 87000911 [1]
Added to NRHPApril 24, 1987

Christ Episcopal Church is a historic Episcopal church on NY 20 in Duanesburg, Schenectady County, New York. It was built in 1793 and is a two-story, rectangular meeting house with a freestanding tower. The square tower with octagonal spire was erected in 1811. Also on the property is a contributing carriage shed and cemetery. [2] General William North (1755–1836), who owned the nearby North Mansion and Tenant House, is buried in the crypt. The church possesses a historic pipe organ, c. 1848, by Augustus Backus of Troy, New York. [3]

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The property was covered in a 1984 study of Duanesburg historical resources. [4] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. [1]

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  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ↑ Schenectady County Planning Dept. (1983). National Register of Historic Places Registration: New York MPS Christ Episcopal Church. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved November 24, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)
  3. ↑ https://pipeorgandatabase.org/organ/3383
  4. ↑ Lucy A. Breyer, Nancy Todd, and Schenectady County Planning Department (August 1984). National Register of Historic Places Registration: New York MPS Duanesburg MRA. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved November 24, 2025.{{cite report}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) (Downloading may be slow.)
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