Dutch Reformed Church of Gansevoort
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Dutch Reformed Church of Gansevoort is a historic Dutch Reformed
church at 10 Catherine Street in Gansevoort
, Saratoga County, New York
. It was built about 1840 and is a two story, rectangular brick building on a cut stone foundation in a vernacular Greek Revival
style. It is topped by a moderately pitched, slate covered gable roof. It features a wooden belfry
with louvered openings topped with a pedimented gable roof. The church closed in the 1950s.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
in 1995.
Dutch Reformed Church
The Dutch Reformed Church was a Reformed Christian denomination in the Netherlands. It existed from the 1570s to 2004, the year it merged with the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Kingdom of the Netherlands to form the Protestant Church in the...
church at 10 Catherine Street in Gansevoort
Gansevoort, New York
Gansevoort is a hamlet in the town of Northumberland in Saratoga County, New York, United States. The hamlet of Gansevoort draws its name from Peter Gansevoort, a hero in the Siege of Fort Stanwix which contributed to the downfall of Burgoyne's army at the Battle of Saratoga during the...
, Saratoga County, New York
Saratoga County, New York
Saratoga County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 219,607. It is part of the Albany-Schenectady-Troy Metropolitan Statistical Area. The county seat is Ballston Spa...
. It was built about 1840 and is a two story, rectangular brick building on a cut stone foundation in a vernacular Greek Revival
Greek Revival architecture
The Greek Revival was an architectural movement of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in Northern Europe and the United States. A product of Hellenism, it may be looked upon as the last phase in the development of Neoclassical architecture...
style. It is topped by a moderately pitched, slate covered gable roof. It features a wooden belfry
Bell tower
A bell tower is a tower which contains one or more bells, or which is designed to hold bells, even if it has none. In the European tradition, such a tower most commonly serves as part of a church and contains church bells. When attached to a city hall or other civic building, especially in...
with louvered openings topped with a pedimented gable roof. The church closed in the 1950s.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 1995.