{"nrhp_refnum":"05001616","name":"First Presbyterian Church","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Clinton St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Delhi","county":"Delaware County","state":"NY","lat":42.27461767600005,"lon":-74.92205593899996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2006-02-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A large wood-frame Late Victorian church and its adjacent 1906 manse on the west side of Clinton Street in the village of Delhi, Delaware County, New York. The church was built in 1880-82 to designs by architect Isaac G. Perry.","why_significant":"The church is significant as an outstanding example of ecclesiastical architecture by Isaac G. Perry, and it is unusual among his known churches for its wood-frame construction. It is also tied to the development of Delhi and the history of the 'Old First' Presbyterian congregation, founded in 1804. Its decoration echoes the wooden residential architecture of the surrounding neighborhood.","narrative":"First Presbyterian Church in Delhi, New York, is a large wood-frame building on a cut-stone foundation, built in 1880-82 on Clinton Street. Its front is divided into three parts: a two-story center section flanked by square towers of unequal height, with slate-shingled roofs, stickwork, brackets and stained-glass windows. Inside, a square, open auditorium seats several hundred, and a chancel window installed in 1935 came from Lamb Studios. A chapel was added in 1910, a basement in 1951, and an education wing in the 1990s. A 1906 manse stands beside it. The church was designed by Binghamton architect Isaac G. Perry, later state architect and a contributor to the New York State Capitol. Though Perry's churches were typically masonry, this one is wood, and its decoration matches the residential neighborhood around it. It also marks the move of a congregation founded in 1804 from its old site south of town into the village center, where it grew and prospered.","period_of_significance":"1882-1951","architect_builder":"Isaac G. Perry, architect; A.M. Meeker, J.L. Meeker and George A. Sturges, builders","architectural_style":"Late Victorian","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Church and manse both retain a high level of integrity; aluminum siding was added over the original clapboards on the lower portion of the church, and a non-historic education wing was added in the 1990s. Both buildings continue in religious and residential use.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:52.856281-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/05001616.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05001616/8102cfd2ed-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05001616/8102cfd2ed-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_Presbyterian_Church_Delhi_NY_Apr_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_Presbyterian_Church_Delhi_NY_Apr_09.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75317207","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Presbyterian_Church_(Delhi,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5453561"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/delaware-county/first-presbyterian-church-05001616/"}