{"nrhp_refnum":"06000892","name":"First Baptist Church of Fairport","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"94 S. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Fairport","county":"Monroe County","state":"NY","lat":43.10060473000004,"lon":-77.44198284299995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2006-09-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A cruciform, two-and-one-half-story brick church at 94 South Main Street in the center of the village of Fairport, Monroe County, New York, designed in the High Victorian Gothic style. The significance date is 1876, and J.R. Thomas is listed as architect/builder.","why_significant":"The nomination argues significance under Criterion C as a distinctive nineteenth-century ecclesiastical building in the High Victorian Gothic style. Its layout, with a large auditorium above a floor of classrooms and meeting rooms, is characteristic of non-liturgical Protestant church design of the third quarter of the nineteenth century. It retains a high level of integrity and is the most prominent building in the village, a local landmark with its 184-foot steeple.","narrative":"Standing at the corner of South Main and West Church streets in the center of Fairport, this brick church was built in 1876 in the High Victorian Gothic style. Its cruciform plan includes a main tower 80 feet tall and a spire reaching 184 feet above street level. The walls are dark red painted brick with contrasting Berea sandstone trim, and the foundation is Medina sandstone. Inside, a large auditorium sits above a floor of classrooms and meeting rooms, an arrangement typical of non-liturgical Protestant churches in the mid-nineteenth century. The auditorium has hammer-beam trusses, a chestnut ceiling, original pews, a balcony, and a marble-faced baptistery. The church keeps 72 original stained, leaded-glass windows made in Detroit. Alterations over time include a 1949 chancel and a 1964 remodeling of the lower floor, but the building retains strong integrity. It was recognized for its architecture and as the most prominent landmark in the village, whose congregation dates to the early nineteenth century.","period_of_significance":"1876-ca 1950","architect_builder":"J.R. Thomas","architectural_style":"Late Victorian: High Victorian Gothic","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still used as a church; the form describes alterations including a 1964 first-floor remodeling, an elevator and accessible entrance added in 1998, and a 1983 heating replacement.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:54.04264-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/06000892.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/06000892/36c0c13545-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/06000892/36c0c13545-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Dmadeo","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:First-baptist-church-of-fairport.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:First-baptist-church-of-fairport.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75318814","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Baptist_Church_of_Fairport","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5452466"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/monroe-county/first-baptist-church-of-fairport-06000892/"}