{"nrhp_refnum":"07000623","name":"Lowville Presbyterian Church","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"7707 North State St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lowville","county":"Lewis County","state":"NY","lat":43.791232998000055,"lon":-75.49591744899999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2007-06-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A stone Presbyterian church at 7707 North State Street in the village of Lowville, Lewis County, New York, built in 1831 by local builder Ezra Brainard, with a rear wing added in 1906.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is a distinguished example of late Federal period religious architecture in Lewis County under Criterion C. It combines the New England meeting house form with Gothic details drawn from Ithiel Town's Trinity Church in New Haven. Alterations in 1865 and 1906 reflect the congregation's changing worship needs, and the building retains a high level of integrity.","narrative":"Lowville Presbyterian Church is a limestone house of worship facing a triangular village park in Lowville, Lewis County. Built in 1831 by local builder Ezra Brainard for $4,000, it followed two earlier meeting places that burned. The rectangular main block has random ashlar walls, tall Gothic arched windows and a central entrance pavilion topped by a staged wood bell tower that holds the village's \"town clock.\" Its design drew on Ithiel Town's Trinity Church in New Haven, Connecticut, blending the traditional New England meeting house form with Gothic features familiar to Lowville's early settlers from New England. The sanctuary was turned 180 degrees in 1865, and a matching two-story limestone wing with a choir loft and organ was added in 1906. Further work followed a 1941 fire. Despite these changes, the building still reflects its original design and remains a prominent landmark in the village, maintained by its active congregation.","period_of_significance":"1831-1906","architect_builder":"Ezra Brainard (builder)","architectural_style":"Early Republic/Federal","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Preserved by its active congregation and still used 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 02:51:52.969002-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/07000623.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07000623/040f6d9de9-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07000623/040f6d9de9-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Doug Kerr from Upstate New York","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lowville_Presbyterian_Church_Nov_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:Lowville_Presbyterian_Church_Nov_09.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75318586","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lowville_Presbyterian_Church","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6694216"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/lewis-county/lowville-presbyterian-church-07000623/"}