{"nrhp_refnum":"01001437","name":"St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"923 NY 19","address_restricted":false,"city":"Livingston","county":"Columbia County","state":"NY","lat":42.09324511500006,"lon":-73.79632497067732,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2002-01-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Gothic Revival brick church with an associated cemetery in the hamlet of Manorton, town of Livingston, Columbia County, New York, built in 1901-02 to designs by architect Samuel L. Kingman.","why_significant":"The church is significant in architecture as a good representative example of Gothic Revival ecclesiastical architecture in rural Columbia County. It is a restrained, eclectic turn-of-the-century design that reflects the conservative character of its farming community. It replaced an 1861 church destroyed by fire in 1901.","narrative":"St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church is a red pressed brick church with an adjoining cemetery in Manorton, in the town of Livingston, Columbia County. Built in 1901-02, it has a high-pitched gable roof, pointed-arch openings, and two towers of different heights, one a four-story bell tower with an octagonal spire. The upper walls are framed in wood and clad in light gray slate shingles, and colorful memorial stained glass fills the windows. Architect Samuel L. Kingman of Chatham and Kingston designed it, and Haynor & Clum built it for about $5,000. It replaced an 1861 church lost to a lightning fire in 1901; the congregation traces its roots to Palatine German settlers. Henry Livingston donated the original site in 1821. The 3.6-acre cemetery holds about 2,200 burials from 1821 onward. The church was listed for its architecture as a restrained, good example of rural Gothic Revival design that retains its remote setting.","period_of_significance":"1901-02","architect_builder":"Samuel L. Kingman (architect); Haynor & Clum of Livingston (builders)","architectural_style":"Late Victorian: Second Gothic Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still in use as a church and cemetery; the basement hall is used for social events, and a 1959 addition is noncontributing.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:52.755073-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/01001437.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01001437/4331d49290-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01001437/4331d49290-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"WindingRoad","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St_Johns_Livingston_NY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">WindingRoad</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_Johns_Livingston_NY.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75317079","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._John%27s_Evangelical_Lutheran_Church_(Livingston,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7588727"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/columbia-county/st-johns-evangelical-lutheran-church-01001437/"}