{"nrhp_refnum":"00000091","name":"Crescent Methodist Episcopal Church","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Crescent","address_restricted":false,"city":"Crescent","county":"Saratoga County","state":"NY","lat":42.82485944600006,"lon":-73.73106641499999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2000-02-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A red brick Greek Revival church at 93 Church Hill Road in the hamlet of Crescent, town of Halfmoon, Saratoga County, New York. It was erected in 1852 and dedicated the following year as the Crescent Methodist Episcopal Church.","why_significant":"The church is significant under Criterion C as a substantially intact, representative example of vernacular Greek Revival religious architecture in southern Saratoga County. It reflects the prosperity and taste of Crescent during the Erie Canal era. It also served as the religious and social center of the canal community.","narrative":"Perched on a bluff above a bend in the Mohawk River, this red brick church in the canal hamlet of Crescent was built in 1852 and dedicated the next year. Its three-by-five-bay rectangular block rests on a fieldstone foundation and carries a slate gable roof, brick pilasters, a corbeled frieze and an open belfry of Tuscan columns. Inside, a side-aisle worship space, a ca. 1900 pressed metal ceiling and a ca. 1860 single-manual organ by William H. Ferris of New York survive. The building is considered a representative example of vernacular Greek Revival religious architecture, a style that spread along the Erie Canal. Supported by local entrepreneur Alfred Noxon, the congregation made the church the religious and social center of Crescent. After the canal declined, the congregation dwindled and the building stood vacant from the 1980s. The rear frame wings were rebuilt in 1997 and are non-historic. A new congregation acquired the church that year and intends to restore it.","period_of_significance":"1852-ca. 1900","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Mid-19th Century/Greek Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Vacant since the 1980s and partly altered; the frame rear wings deteriorated and were rebuilt in 1997 with modern materials. A congregation acquired it in 1997 and plans to restore it for religious use.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:51.104451-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/00000091.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"100006512","name":"Church Hill Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/church-hill-historic-district-100006512/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75321566","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crescent_Methodist_Episcopal_Church","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5184394"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/saratoga-county/crescent-methodist-episcopal-church-00000091/"}