{"nrhp_refnum":"02001640","name":"First Baptist Church of Weedsport","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Liberty St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Weedsport","county":"Cayuga County","state":"NY","lat":43.04643946700003,"lon":-76.56140678599996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2002-12-31","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A brick Baptist church on Liberty Street in the Village of Weedsport, Cayuga County, New York, built as a meetinghouse in 1839, enlarged in 1854 and remodeled in 1870, with an attached 1921 Fellowship Building.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the church is locally significant under Criterion C as a modest example of eclectic nineteenth-century religious architecture. It blends Romanesque Revival and Renaissance Revival elements and retains much of its historic fabric, 1870 furnishings and early twentieth-century stained glass.","narrative":"This brick Baptist church on Liberty Street in Weedsport grew from a meetinghouse begun in 1839 for a congregation formed in 1837 as an offshoot of the Brutus church. The building was expanded in 1854 and substantially remodeled in 1870 at a cost of about $10,000, when an offset bell tower and a side wing gave it an asymmetrical, picturesque form. Round-arched windows reflect the Romanesque Revival, while wood eave brackets draw on Renaissance Revival vocabulary. The builders are unknown and were probably local rather than trained architects. Inside, the worship space keeps 1870 furnishings, a circa 1880 pipe organ and memorial stained glass installed in 1910-1911 by a Rochester studio. A Fellowship Building was added in 1921 for church activities. The church was listed for its modest but well-preserved example of nineteenth-century religious architecture, interpreting popular national styles in a local way.","period_of_significance":"1839-1921","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Late Victorian: Romanesque Revival, Renaissance Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still used as a religious facility; the Fellowship Building continues to serve as a support facility for the church.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:52.776319-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/02001640.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02001640/8b87981a14-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02001640/8b87981a14-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Doug Kerr from Upstate New York","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:First_Baptist_Church_of_Weedsport_May_09.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Doug Kerr from Upstate New York</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_Baptist_Church_of_Weedsport_May_09.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75316705","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Baptist_Church_of_Weedsport","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5452485"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/cayuga-county/first-baptist-church-of-weedsport-02001640/"}