{"nrhp_refnum":"02001326","name":"West Kortright Presbyterian Church","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"49 W. Kortright Church Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"West Kortright","county":"Delaware County","state":"NY","lat":42.40219038600003,"lon":-74.85184367499994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2002-11-15","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small wood-frame church at the corner of West Kortright Church Road and Turnpike Road in the town of Kortright, Delaware County, New York. It was built in 1850 and substantially remodeled in the 1890s.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as a distinctive, intact example of nineteenth-century religious architecture in Delaware County, combining a Greek Revival original with a late Victorian redesign. It also marks the center of a close Scottish, Irish and English Presbyterian farming community that centered on the church for more than a century.","narrative":"Standing at a rural crossroads in the town of Kortright, this small wood-frame church was built in 1850 after a fire destroyed the congregation's earlier meeting house and the parish split into three separate congregations. The original building has a rectangular plan, clapboard siding, and a cornice with returns in the Greek Revival manner. In the 1890s it was substantially remodeled, gaining lancet-arched windows, a square tower with a spire, decorative shingles, and an interior with an open auditorium, curved pews, beaded-board walls, stained glass and Victorian chandeliers. The interior survives with exceptional integrity. The church was the center of a tight-knit farming community of Scottish, Irish and English families who followed strict Presbyterian traditions. The congregation was dominated by the same families through the 1920s, then dwindled. In 1975 an arts organization, the West Kortright Centre, began using the building for concerts, exhibits and educational programs, and it continues as a community gathering space.","period_of_significance":"1850-c1890s","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Mid-19th century/Late Victorian","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Used since 1975 by the West Kortright Centre, an arts and cultural organization, as a gallery and performance space; the building was repaired and restored and still serves as a community gathering space.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:53.131516-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/02001326.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02001326/c6e4c160ac-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02001326/c6e4c160ac-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"ErixS","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:West_Kortright_Presbyterian_Church,_West_Kortright_NY_-.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">ErixS</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:West_Kortright_Presbyterian_Church,_West_Kortright_NY_-.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75317289","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Kortright_Presbyterian_Church","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7985657"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/delaware-county/west-kortright-presbyterian-church-02001326/"}