{"nrhp_refnum":"01000251","name":"St. Paul's United Methodist Church","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"S. Broadway and Division St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Nyack","county":"Rockland County","state":"NY","lat":41.08716784500007,"lon":-73.92223875099995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2001-03-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A large Romanesque Revival church at the southwest corner of South Broadway and Division Street in the Village of Nyack, Rockland County, New York, built in two sections in 1894 and 1910 to designs by the local firm of Marshall L. & Henry G. Emery.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the church is an outstanding regional example of Richardsonian Romanesque Revival ecclesiastical architecture, with rusticated limestone, brownstone trim, massive round arches and towers. Its surviving Akron Plan interior, built to join worship and Sunday school space, adds to its importance. It retains a high degree of integrity and is a visual and historical landmark in Nyack and Rockland County.","narrative":"St. Paul's United Methodist Church is a large Romanesque Revival building at South Broadway and Division Street in Nyack, New York. Built in two sections in 1894 and 1910, it was designed by the local firm of Marshall and Henry Emery. The walls are rusticated limestone with brownstone trim on the street-facing sides and brick at the rear, under slate-clad gable roofs. Round arches, a three-story bell tower, an octagonal tower and a large stained glass window by J&R Lamb Studios give the exterior its character. Inside, the church follows the Akron Plan, with a diagonal axis, corner pulpit, semicircular oak pews and former sliding doors that once opened the Sunday school wing to the sanctuary. The congregation traces its roots to early Methodist worship in the Nyack area. The church was recognized as an outstanding regional example of Richardsonian Romanesque design that has kept its architectural integrity.","period_of_significance":"1894-1910","architect_builder":"Marshall L. & Henry G. Emery","architectural_style":"Late Victorian/Romanesque (Richardsonian Romanesque Revival)","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Historic and current function are both religious facility; the Sunday school sliding doors have been replaced with glazed panels.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:50.684962-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/01000251.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01000251/0878e24d1b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01000251/0878e24d1b-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"David Rivera","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Paul%27s_United_Methodist_Church.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">David Rivera</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._Paul%27s_United_Methodist_Church.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75321512","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Paul%27s_United_Methodist_Church_(Nyack,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7591210"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/rockland-county/st-pauls-united-methodist-church-01000251/"}