{"nrhp_refnum":"01001505","name":"Emmanuel Lutheran Church of Harlemville and Cemetery","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Cty. 21 and Pheasant Ln., Harlemville Rd. at Ten Broeck Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Harlemville","county":"Columbia County","state":"NY","lat":42.26520540900003,"lon":-73.58383011799998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2002-01-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A rural Greek Revival church built in 1871-73 on County Route 21 near Harlemville in the town of Hillsdale, Columbia County, New York, together with its cemetery on a separate parcel about a mile to the southwest.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the church is an intact, representative example of late nineteenth-century rural vernacular religious architecture in Columbia County. It shows a very late use of modest Greek Revival features, reflecting the conservative, farming community of German emigrants it served. It retains an unusually high degree of integrity.","narrative":"Emmanuel Lutheran Church is a small, one-story frame church on County Route 21 east of Harlemville, in Hillsdale, Columbia County, New York. Built between 1871 and 1873, it has clapboard siding, a fieldstone foundation, a gable roof, a deep molded frieze and a square bell tower with pilasters. Inside, the sanctuary is modestly finished, with plaster walls, grain-painted woodwork, a balcony and a pump organ. Church records name Ed Coon, then in his late teens, as the builder. The congregation formed in 1871 from German emigrant farm families, many of whom had settled the area in the 1860s. About a mile southwest lies the church cemetery, with roughly 200 burials, still in use. The building is listed for its architecture: it shows a very late use of modest Greek Revival detail and reflects the limited means of the farming community. Its exterior and interior remain largely unchanged, and it retains a high degree of integrity.","period_of_significance":"1871-73","architect_builder":"Coon, Ed (builder)","architectural_style":"Mid-19th Century: Greek Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Church is virtually intact inside and out; it is still used for worship in the warmer months by a small congregation, and the cemetery is still in use.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:53.774897-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/01001505.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75316994","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmanuel_Lutheran_Church_of_Harlemville_and_Cemetery","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5373278"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/columbia-county/emmanuel-lutheran-church-of-harlemville-and-cemetery-01001505/"}