{"nrhp_refnum":"05001385","name":"Church of the Holy Transfiguration of Christ-on-the-Mount","other_names":["Episcopalian Chapel of Ease"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Mead's Mountain Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Woodstock","county":"Ulster County","state":"NY","lat":42.061734614000045,"lon":-74.12129512299998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2005-12-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Entertainment/Recreation"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small one-story wood-frame chapel on Mead's Mountain Road near Woodstock, Ulster County, New York, built in 1891 by the Mead family as an Episcopal chapel of ease for visitors to nearby mountain resorts.","why_significant":"It is tied to the seasonal tourist industry of the Catskills through its link to Mead's Mountain House and the Overlook Mountain House. It is also associated with the Whitehead family, founders of the Byrdcliffe art colony, who brought Father William Francis to the chapel after World War II. Architecturally, it is a relatively intact seasonal chapel recalling the parish-type church, with rustic detailing.","narrative":"Perched at roughly 1,700 feet on Mead's Mountain Road near Woodstock, this small wood-frame chapel was built in 1891 by the Mead family, who ran a boardinghouse nearby. It served guests of Mead's Mountain House and the neighboring Overlook Mountain House as an Episcopal chapel of ease. The building rests on a fieldstone foundation and has clapboard and shingle siding, a steep gable roof, leaded-glass windows, and an open wood-truss ceiling. Rustic cedar-pole details mark the entrance porch. Its simple form recalls the parish-type church popularized for modest Episcopal congregations in the mid-nineteenth century. The chapel reflects the Catskills seasonal resort trade. It also connects to the Whitehead family, who acquired the land in 1902 as part of the Byrdcliffe art colony and later invited Father William Francis to lead services here. The interior was adapted for Western Rite Orthodox worship, though the original truss ceiling, entrance screen, and parts of the rood screen remain. The period of significance runs from 1891 to 1953.","period_of_significance":"1891-1953","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Late Victorian: Gothic Revival; Other: Rustic","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The exterior has weathered and the woodwork shows considerable neglect, and the roof has deteriorated asphalt shingles. The building is still maintained by the Orthodox Church of the Western Rite, and its Section 6 current function is religious.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:53.173668-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/05001385.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05001385/d077324075-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05001385/d077324075-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Dmadeo","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Church-transfiguration-woodstock.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Dmadeo</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:Church-transfiguration-woodstock.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75322572","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_the_Holy_Transfiguration_of_Christ-on-the-Mount","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5117930"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/ulster-county/church-of-the-holy-transfiguration-of-christ-on-the-mount-05001385/"}