{"nrhp_refnum":"06000893","name":"Hawleyton Methodist Episcopal Church, Old","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"923 Hawleyton Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Hawleyton","county":"Broome County","state":"NY","lat":42.019015341000056,"lon":-75.91642610199995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2006-09-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small Gothic Revival wood-frame church at 923 Hawleyton Road in the hamlet of Hawleyton, Broome County, New York, built in 1856-57 by local builder Edwin Stearns, with an attached fellowship hall added in 1950-1954.","why_significant":"The church is significant as a distinctive example of nineteenth-century ecclesiastical architecture. Its rural Gothic Revival design was unusual for a Methodist congregation and resembles Richard Upjohn's published church designs. Its alterations in 1877 and 1942 document changes in liturgy and taste, and it long served as the social center of the hamlet for people of all faiths.","narrative":"Built in 1856-57 in the hamlet of Hawleyton, south of Binghamton, this small Methodist church has a hand-hewn timber frame, a steep gable roof with deep eaves, and tall lancet-arched windows. James Hawley donated the land and money, and local builder Edwin Stearns directed construction with help from townspeople, who cut timber and made the original pews. The Gothic Revival design was unusual for Methodists of the period and resembles churches in Richard Upjohn's 1852 book. An entrance tower was added in 1877, when the chancel was enclosed and the platform enlarged to suit changing worship practices. Stained glass and new pews followed in 1942, and a fellowship hall was built between 1950 and 1954. A new church was built next door in 1967, after public objection to demolition, and the old building sat vacant for eighteen years. Since 1985 it has housed the historical society's museum and archives, and it remains the hamlet's most prominent historic building.","period_of_significance":"1857-1954","architect_builder":"Edwin Stearns, builder","architectural_style":"Gothic Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Used as a museum and repository for the town historical society's collections since 1985 and restored in 1989. It sat vacant for eighteen years after the congregation built a new church next door.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:53.200759-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/06000893.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/06000893/5d8ac4e096-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/06000893/5d8ac4e096-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Ammodramus","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Old_Hawleyton_M.E._Church_from_NE_1.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Ammodramus</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Old_Hawleyton_M.E._Church_from_NE_1.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75316575","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Hawleyton_Methodist_Episcopal_Church","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14707137"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/broome-county/hawleyton-methodist-episcopal-church-old-06000893/"}