{"nrhp_refnum":"01000253","name":"Cuyler Presbyterian Church","other_names":["Cuyler Chapel","Cuyler Presbyterian Church and Parsonage"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"358-360 Pacific St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Brooklyn","county":"Brooklyn","state":"NY","lat":40.68663313500008,"lon":-73.98646704299995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2001-03-23","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Native American","Social History","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick church built in 1892 at 358-360 Pacific Street in the Boerum Hill neighborhood of Brooklyn, with an adjoining c. 1851 Greek Revival frame parsonage. The church was designed by Staten Island architect Edward A. Sargent.","why_significant":"The church is significant for its role in the 1930s-1950s Mohawk and Native American community of North Gowanus, whose members were largely ironworkers, and for its intact High Victorian Eclectic design. It is also tied to Reverend David Munroe Cory, who was pastor during this later period and was an activist figure in New York City social history.","narrative":"Cuyler Presbyterian Church, at 358-360 Pacific Street in Brooklyn's Boerum Hill, consists of a brick church dedicated in 1892 and a frame parsonage dating to about 1851. Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church built the church as Cuyler Chapel to support Sunday school and prayer meetings, and it became an independent church in 1907. Staten Island architect Edward A. Sargent combined Gothic and Romanesque elements in a High Victorian Eclectic design, with a steeply pitched gable, recessed arches and ornate terra cotta trim. In the 1930s, Mohawk and other Native American families, many of them ironworkers, settled in the neighborhood. Under Reverend David Munroe Cory, pastor from 1926, the church served their cultural and religious needs. The building was converted to residential use in the early 1980s but retains original wood flooring, wainscoting, moldings, a fireplace and the tall second-floor sanctuary space. The parsonage is a three-story Greek Revival house with a Corinthian-columned porch.","period_of_significance":"1892; c. 1930-1955","architect_builder":"Sargent, Edward A. (architect of the church)","architectural_style":"Mid-19th Century: Greek Revival; Late Victorian: High Victorian Eclectic","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"The church was converted to a private residence in the early 1980s, with an artist's studio in the former sanctuary; the parsonage is also used as a single dwelling.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:51.438807-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/01000253.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01000253/cb653f9780-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01000253/cb653f9780-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Edwardhblake","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cuyler_Presbyterian_Church.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Edwardhblake</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:Cuyler_Presbyterian_Church.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"83001686","name":"Boerum Hill Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/boerum-hill-historic-district-83001686/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75318363","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuyler_Presbyterian_Church","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5197098"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/brooklyn/cuyler-presbyterian-church-01000253/"}