{"nrhp_refnum":"01000580","name":"Newtonville United Methodist Church","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Louden Rd. at Maxwell Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Colonie","county":"Albany County","state":"NY","lat":42.72454565700008,"lon":-73.75949475099998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2001-05-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-one-half story, T-shaped frame Gothic Revival church built in 1893 at Louden Road and Maxwell Road (Route 9) in the hamlet of Newtonville, Town of Colonie, Albany County, New York, on a 2.5-acre corner lot.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the church is an outstanding local example of late nineteenth century Gothic Revival church architecture, designed by noted Albany architect Ernest Hoffman. It retains a high degree of architectural integrity despite modern siding and interior changes. It is also the most recognizable visual landmark in Newtonville and one of the few surviving nineteenth century landmarks in an area of heavy suburban development.","narrative":"Newtonville United Methodist Church is a large frame church built in 1893 on Route 9 in the hamlet of Newtonville, Town of Colonie. Albany architect Ernest Hoffman designed it, and H.P. Horton served as builder. It occupies the site of an 1842 church built by an Independent Methodist Episcopal congregation. The T-shaped building has steep gabled roofs, Gothic arched windows and entries, quatrefoils, and two corner towers, the taller one topped by an octagonal spire. Decorative shingling and bracketed cornices add Victorian Gothic detail. Inside, curved oak pews, a ramped auditorium floor and wood trusses stand out. Modern siding now covers much of the original clapboard and belt course, and the interior walls were redone in 1939 and 1968. A 1959 education building sits behind the church, set lower and joined by a narrow hyphen. The church is valued as a well-preserved regional example of large-scale frame church architecture and as a local landmark that remains in active use.","period_of_significance":"1893","architect_builder":"Hoffman, Ernest (architect); Horton, H.P. (builder)","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals / Late Gothic Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Remains an active church and community focal point; modern synthetic siding covers much of the original clapboard, and a 1959 education building is attached by a hyphen.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:50.30242-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/01000580.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01000580/08112d081d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01000580/08112d081d-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"UpstateNYer","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NewtonvilleMethodistChurch.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">UpstateNYer</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:NewtonvilleMethodistChurch.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75316295","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newtonville_United_Methodist_Church","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7020559"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/albany-county/newtonville-united-methodist-church-01000580/"}