{"nrhp_refnum":"02001321","name":"Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Klyne Esopus","other_names":["Klyne Esopus Historical Society Museum"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"764 US 9W","address_restricted":false,"city":"Esopus","county":"Ulster County","state":"NY","lat":41.85413007600005,"lon":-73.96942103799995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2002-11-15","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":[],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick church built in 1827 on the west side of US 9W in Esopus, Ulster County, New York, originally for the Klyne Esopus Dutch Reformed congregation and now a historical society museum.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the church is a highly intact and rare regional example of an early Gothic-inspired church building. It combines a simple Federal-style meetinghouse plan with Gothic-arched openings. It is also described as an example of grass-roots historic preservation, since local residents saved it from demolition.","narrative":"Built in 1827 on the west side of US 9W in Esopus, this two-story, two-by-three-bay brick church has a stone foundation, a gabled roof and a tall octagonal belfry. Its design pairs a simple Federal meetinghouse plan, with a fanlight and symmetrical layout, with Gothic-arched doors, windows and attic vent. Inside, a balcony runs along three walls on wood columns, and the walls and ceiling keep pressed metal cladding from about 1890. The congregation formed in 1791 as the third Dutch church in Ulster County, and bricks for the present building were ordered in 1827. The church closed in 1965 and sat empty, deteriorating and threatened with demolition, until local residents organized to save it. The Klyne Esopus Historical Society Museum was incorporated in 1970 and received the building in 1974. The nomination values the church as a rare, intact regional example of early Gothic-influenced design and as a case of community-led preservation.","period_of_significance":"1827","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Early Republic/Federal; Mid-19th Century/Early Gothic Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Now houses an active museum and research center operated by the Klyne Esopus Historical Society Museum.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:53.415841-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/02001321.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02001321/6b2a7cbab2-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02001321/6b2a7cbab2-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:EsopusNY_ReformedDutchProtestantChurchOfKlyneEsopus.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Magicpiano</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:EsopusNY_ReformedDutchProtestantChurchOfKlyneEsopus.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75322717","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reformed_Protestant_Dutch_Church_of_Klyne_Esopus","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7307540"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/ulster-county/reformed-protestant-dutch-church-of-klyne-esopus-02001321/"}