Helderberg Reformed Dutch Church

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Helderberg Reformed Dutch Church
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The 1987 building, photographed 2021
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Location140 Main St., Guilderland, New York
Coordinates 42°42′10″N73°57′52″W / 42.70278°N 73.96444°W / 42.70278; -73.96444 Coordinates: 42°42′10″N73°57′52″W / 42.70278°N 73.96444°W / 42.70278; -73.96444
Area2.9 acres (1.2 ha)
Built1895
ArchitectFuller, Aaron
Architectural styleLate Gothic Revival
MPS Guilderland MRA
NRHP reference No. 82001070 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 10, 1982

Helderberg Reformed Dutch Church was a historic Dutch Reformed church at 140 Main Street in Guilderland, Albany County, New York. It was built in 1895 in a vernacular Late Gothic Revival style. The church burned and was demolished in 1986. [2] The Reformed congregation which occupied the church was chartered in 1767. They erected a new church building in Guilderland Center in 1987. The original cornerstone of the historic church was laid into the edifice of this new church building.

Helderberg Reformed Dutch Church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [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. Town of Guilderland (June 1979). "Building-Structure Inventory: Helderberg Reformed Dutch Church (Building #8)". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation . Retrieved 2010-10-12.