{"nrhp_refnum":"00001661","name":"West Burlington Memorial Church","other_names":["Christ Church"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"NY 80","address_restricted":false,"city":"West Burlington","county":"Otsego County","state":"NY","lat":42.707127212000046,"lon":-75.18751487099996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2001-01-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small Gothic Revival wood-frame Episcopal church on NY 80 in the hamlet of West Burlington, Otsego County, New York, built in 1868 to a design by Connecticut architect Robert Wakeman Hill.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the church is a distinctive, largely intact example of Gothic Revival ecclesiastical architecture in the English parish church tradition. It is a simple but correct interpretation of the small wooden church model promoted by Richard Upjohn. It also illustrates the type of Episcopal churches built in central New York after the Civil War.","narrative":"Set on a prominent corner lot in the small industrial hamlet of West Burlington, this wood-frame church was built in 1868 for the Episcopal parish of Christ Church. Its design came from Connecticut architect Robert Wakeman Hill, who donated his services at the urging of his sister, Ellen Maria Taylor, whose husband was linked to the local woolen mills. Local merchant Truman Moss also gave land and support. The building has board and batten siding, a steep gable roof, a bell cote, pointed windows with decorative diamond-paned glass, and a gabled entrance portico with scroll-sawn vergeboard. Inside, a single open space is covered by exposed scissor-truss roof framing. It follows the small wooden church model associated with Richard Upjohn, though it lacks a tower and a separate chancel. A kitchen wing was added in the 1950s. The church is largely intact despite deterioration, and restoration for community use was underway when the nomination was prepared.","period_of_significance":"1868","architect_builder":"Robert Wakeman Hill","architectural_style":"Gothic Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Listed as vacant in current function; in poor condition from deterioration but in the process of being restored and returned to community use.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:51.140319-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/00001661.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00001661/dad9f2b812-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00001661/dad9f2b812-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Agreen54","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:West_Burlington_Memorial_Church.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Agreen54</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:West_Burlington_Memorial_Church.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75321004","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Burlington_Memorial_Church","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7984617"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/otsego-county/west-burlington-memorial-church-00001661/"}