Fort Miller Reformed Church Complex

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Fort Miller Reformed Church Complex
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Fort Miller Reformed Church, November 2010
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LocationFort Miller Rd., W of US 4 and S of Galusha Island, Fort Edward, New York
Coordinates 43°9′49″N73°34′55″W / 43.16361°N 73.58194°W / 43.16361; -73.58194 Coordinates: 43°9′49″N73°34′55″W / 43.16361°N 73.58194°W / 43.16361; -73.58194
Area1.1 acres (0.45 ha)
Built1816;206 years ago (1816)
ArchitectNorcross, Shepperd
Architectural styleFederal
NRHP reference No. 96001431 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 6, 1996

Fort Miller Reformed Church Complex is a historic church on Fort Miller Road, west of US 4 and south of Galusha Island and located at Fort Edward in Washington County, New York.

History

The church was built in 1816. It began as a two-story, clapboard-sided sanctuary with a four-story bell tower in the Federal style, attached to a carriage and horse shed dated to around 1818–22. A two-story rear wing was added in 1896. The complex also contains a parsonage (c. 1845), custodian/tenant house (c. 1845), and a late 19th-century clapboard barn that the church now uses as rental income property. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Linda M. Garofalini (August 1996). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Wing-Northup House". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation . Retrieved 2010-06-12.See also: "Accompanying 11 photos".