National Register of Historic Places
First Presbyterian Church Complex
Gouverneur, St. Lawrence County, New York
The record
- Listed
- September 17, 2015
- Type
- Building
- Address
- 22 Church St., Gouverneur
- County
- St. Lawrence
- State
- New York
- Contributing resources
- 2 buildings
- Coordinates
- 44.33479, -75.46830
- Reference number
- 15000607
The story
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The First Presbyterian Church Complex is a religious property at 22 Church St. in Gouverneur, St. Lawrence County, with a church built in 1892-1893 and a church-related residence built around 1904. Architect Sidney Rose Badgley designed the church in a mix of Colonial Revival, Romanesque and Queen Anne styles.
Why it's listed
It was listed under criterion C, with local-level significance in architecture, and its Criteria Consideration A reflects its status as a religious property. The nomination gives its period of significance as 1892 to 1920, reflecting the church's construction in 1892-1893 and the installation of a pipe organ in 1920.
Physical character
The church has a stone foundation, walls of stone and yellow pressed brick, and roofs of asphalt shingle and standing-seam metal, and follows a modified cruciform plan with a round three-story tower. Pews were added in 1866, a pipe organ was installed in 1920, and architect Robert Witt led a general renovation in 1950-1951.
Historical context
The church was dedicated on October 31, 1893, and its pipe organ was first played in September 1920. The complex was sold to the Gouverneur Historical Society in 1974, and at the time of its listing the property served as a museum.