{"nrhp_refnum":"00001407","name":"St. John's Episcopal","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1504 Seventy Six Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Speedsville","county":"Tompkins County","state":"NY","lat":42.30273211200006,"lon":-76.25422000999998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2000-11-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"St. John's Episcopal Church is a timber-framed, clapboard-sided Federal-style church at 1504 Seventy Six Road in the hamlet of Speedsville, Town of Caroline, Tompkins County, New York. It was built in 1832 in Richford (Tioga County) and moved to Speedsville in 1842.","why_significant":"The church is a largely intact example of a Federal ecclesiastical building with Gothic detailing typical of early nineteenth-century Episcopal churches in central New York (Criterion C). It is also tied to the growth of the Episcopal Church during westward settlement and to the stability that regular worship gave the Speedsville community (Criterion A).","narrative":"St. John's Episcopal Church is a small timber-framed, clapboard-sided church in the hamlet of Speedsville, Tompkins County, New York. Built in 1832 in Richford, it was moved eight miles to Speedsville in 1842 as its original congregation dwindled and a growing English-descended population needed a place of worship. The rectangular building combines Federal form and massing with Gothic touches, including pointed-arch and paired lancet windows and a square belfry. A central pedimented pavilion and entry porch were added at an unknown date. A recessed chancel and vestry room were built in 1885, reflecting the church's growing emphasis on ceremony. Some original features, such as corner pinnacles and parapets, have been lost, and the windows are replacements. The church is significant as an intact example of early nineteenth-century Episcopal design in rural central New York and for its role in the growth of the denomination and the settlement of the area. It still serves a small parish.","period_of_significance":"1832-1885","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Early 19th Century: Federal","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Continues to serve a small rural parish as a church.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:51.076968-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/00001407.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00001407/e2aae98536-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00001407/e2aae98536-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Mathmattb","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St_John%27s_Episcopal_Church.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Mathmattb</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St_John%27s_Episcopal_Church.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75315182","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._John%27s_Episcopal_Church_(Speedsville,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7588707"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/tompkins-county/st-johns-episcopal-00001407/"}