{"nrhp_refnum":"04001054","name":"St. John's Episcopal Church","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1 North Market St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Johnstown","county":"Fulton County","state":"NY","lat":43.00677948300006,"lon":-74.37299364699999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2004-09-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Gothic Revival stone church at 1 North Market Street in Johnstown, Fulton County, New York, built in 1837 and expanded in 1911. It is the third house of worship used by the St. John's congregation and stands beside the grave of Sir William Johnson.","why_significant":"The church is tied to the founding and early development of Johnstown through Sir William Johnson, who established the congregation and gave the land. It is also described as a rare and early New York example of Gothic Revival design applied to a church. Johnson's grave beside the building is counted as a contributing site.","narrative":"St. John's Episcopal Church is a stone Gothic Revival church at 1 North Market Street in Johnstown, Fulton County, New York. Built in 1837 after fire destroyed the previous church in 1836, it is the congregation's third house of worship. Its walls are dressed quarry stone laid as random ashlar, and a central engaged tower on the east front carries a louvered wooden belfry with crockets. Tall pointed-arch windows hold memorial stained glass installed between 1864 and 1911. A chancel and a stone parish hall wing were added in 1911. The congregation was founded by Sir William Johnson around 1760, and Johnstown grew from his manorial estate. His grave lies beside the church, in the original crypt location, and is counted as a contributing site. No architect has been identified, but the design followed vestry instructions for Gothic windows and a Gothic tower. It is considered a rare early New York example of Gothic Revival church architecture. The building remains in religious use.","period_of_significance":"1771-1911","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Mid-19th Century Revivals/Gothic Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still used as a religious facility.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:52.687561-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/04001054.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04001054/5321688fe0-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04001054/5321688fe0-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Doug Kerr from Upstate New York","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._John%27s_Episcopal_Church_Johnstown_NY_Dec_07.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:St._John%27s_Episcopal_Church_Johnstown_NY_Dec_07.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75317883","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._John%27s_Episcopal_Church_(Johnstown,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7588692"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/fulton-county/st-johns-episcopal-church-04001054/"}