{"nrhp_refnum":"02000142","name":"First Presbyterian Church Complex","other_names":["United Presbyterian Church"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"23 Church St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cortland","county":"Cortland County","state":"NY","lat":42.599123718000044,"lon":-76.17765007299994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2002-03-06","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A church complex at 23 Church Street in Cortland, New York, made up of a limestone Gothic-style church built 1889-1890, a 1903 manse, and a 1922 church house wing, with a non-contributing 1958 addition and shed.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the church is an intact and distinctive example of Late Victorian religious design, with an eclectic Gothic exterior and a highly intact circular auditorium reflecting late nineteenth-century church planning. The church, church house and manse together form a cohesive group recalling the growth and prosperity of the city's oldest congregation.","narrative":"Rising at the corner of Church Street and Central Avenue in Cortland, this church complex centers on a large limestone church built in 1889-1890 to designs by New York City architect Samuel Burrage Reed. Its asymmetrical Gothic façade features a steeply pitched gable with tall pointed windows, a multi-stage bell tower, and a smaller turret. Inside, the worship space follows a circular auditorium plan, with curved pews, a semicircular gallery and a stained glass skylight. Beside the church stands a Queen Anne manse from 1903, designed by George Conable and faced in Roman brick. A two-story church house added in 1922 reflects a restrained Late Gothic style, while a 1958 Sunday School addition is not counted as contributing. The property was listed for its architecture. It is an intact example of late nineteenth-century Gothic church design and a cohesive record of the city's oldest congregation, which was founded in 1825.","period_of_significance":"1889-1922","architect_builder":"Reed, Samuel Burrage (church); Conable, George (manse); Hopkins, L.R. (contractor); Crabtree, William (stonemason)","architectural_style":"Late Victorian: Gothic, Queen Anne; Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Late Gothic Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still in religious use, as listed in the current function of the property.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:53.400314-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/02000142.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02000142/dc8fe20eb4-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02000142/dc8fe20eb4-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Doug Kerr from now in Binghamton, NY","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:First_Presbyterian_Church_Cortland_Aug_09.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Doug Kerr from now in Binghamton, NY</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:First_Presbyterian_Church_Cortland_Aug_09.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75317143","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Presbyterian_Church_Complex_(Cortland,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5453659"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/cortland-county/first-presbyterian-church-complex-02000142/"}