{"nrhp_refnum":"02000448","name":"First Congregational Church of Bay Shore","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1860 Union Blvd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Bay Shore","county":"Suffolk County","state":"NY","lat":40.72599757900008,"lon":-73.24564359799996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2002-05-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A private church complex at 1860 Union Boulevard in Bay Shore, Suffolk County, New York, with a church built in 1891 (dedicated 1892), a circa 1880 parsonage, and a 1968-69 parish hall. The architect and builder are unknown.","why_significant":"The church is significant under Criterion C as a highly intact example of Romanesque Revival design, with Shingle and Eastlake elements, adapted to Long Island's tradition of wooden church building. Its interior has exceptional integrity, including hammerbeam trusses and an Akron Plan-derived auditorium sanctuary with an adjoining separable Sunday school. The parsonage is a compatible example of late 19th-century vernacular residential architecture.","narrative":"At the corner of Union Boulevard and First Avenue in Bay Shore stands a cruciform, gable-roofed church completed in 1891 and dedicated in July 1892. Its massing and details follow the Romanesque Revival, with round-headed windows, wheel windows and a square bell tower at the northeast corner sheltering the main entry. The exterior is covered in cement-asbestos shingles, installed in 1954 to replace deteriorated cedar shakes, and keeps the swelling window hoods typical of the Shingle style. Inside, the sanctuary has ornate hammerbeam trusses with Eastlake detailing, beaded-board ceilings, original curved pews and large sliding doors that open to a former Sunday school room, a variation of the Akron Plan. A circa 1880 parsonage, moved to the site, is a contributing building. A brick parish hall added in 1968-69 is non-contributing. The church was recognized for its architecture and the high integrity of its interior and exterior design.","period_of_significance":"1891","architect_builder":"unknown","architectural_style":"Romanesque; Queen Anne (Romanesque Revival with Shingle and Eastlake elements)","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still used as a religious facility, with the parsonage used as a single dwelling; exterior re-clad in cement-asbestos shingles in 1954, interior highly intact.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:52.75075-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/02000448.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02000448/d0ab9a03c8-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02000448/d0ab9a03c8-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"DanTD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bay_Shore_1st_Congregational_Church;_Union_Blvd_%26_First_St.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">DanTD</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:Bay_Shore_1st_Congregational_Church;_Union_Blvd_%26_First_St.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75322104","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Congregational_Church_of_Bay_Shore","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5452838"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/suffolk-county/first-congregational-church-of-bay-shore-02000448/"}