{"nrhp_refnum":"05000990","name":"Ladentown United Methodist Church","other_names":["Ladentown Methodist Episcopal Church"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Ladentown Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Village of Pomona","county":"Rockland County","state":"NY","lat":41.18548554300003,"lon":-74.06754113099998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2005-09-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story Methodist church with a raised brick basement and timber frame, built c. 1865 on Ladentown Road (old Route 202) in the Village of Pomona, Rockland County, New York. Its builder is unidentified.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the church is a largely intact local example of mid-nineteenth century rural religious architecture, a late variation of the Wren-Gibbs meetinghouse type with Italianate detailing and hybrid heavy timber framing. It also reflects the local Methodist society's growth and the community's effort to leave behind the hamlet's reputation for lawlessness.","narrative":"Ladentown United Methodist Church is a small rural church built around 1865 on Ladentown Road, the old Route 202, in the Village of Pomona. It is a one-story meetinghouse with a steep gable roof, an engaged two-stage bell tower holding the main entrance, and a fully finished raised brick basement. The frame mixes hand-hewn pegged oak with smaller milled timbers, an old method still used locally even as the Civil War ended. Detailing is Italianate, with round-arched windows and bracketed cornices. The interior keeps its original plan, plaster, woodwork, windows, hardware and oil lamps. The church was built for a Methodist society organized in the 1860s on land given by John J. Secor, a founder and trustee. The hamlet had been known for a rowdy tavern trade, and the church marked local efforts to change that image. The nomination presents it as a largely intact local example of mid-nineteenth century rural religious architecture and as a late example of the Wren-Gibbs meetinghouse form.","period_of_significance":"c. 1865","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Late Victorian: Italianate","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Historic and current function are both listed 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 02:51:53.008998-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/05000990.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05000990/6b96283853-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05000990/6b96283853-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"JERRYE &amp; ROY KLOTZ. M.D.","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LADENTOWN_UNITED_METHODIST_CHURCH,_ROCKLAND_COUNTY_NY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">JERRYE &amp;amp; ROY KLOTZ. M.D.</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:LADENTOWN_UNITED_METHODIST_CHURCH,_ROCKLAND_COUNTY_NY.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75321462","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladentown_United_Methodist_Church","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6469388"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/rockland-county/ladentown-united-methodist-church-05000990/"}