{"nrhp_refnum":"07000624","name":"Copake United Methodist Church and Copake Cemetery","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Church St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Copake","county":"Columbia County","state":"NY","lat":42.10406484300006,"lon":-73.55104686599998,"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 Greek Revival Methodist meetinghouse and its adjoining cemetery on Church Street in the hamlet of Copake, Columbia County, New York. The church was built c. 1854 by builder Jude Snyder.","why_significant":"The church is described as a largely intact, outstanding local example of mid-19th century timber-frame meetinghouse construction in the Greek Revival style, reflecting the work of a rural carpenter-builder. Its four-columned Ionic portico is its main exterior feature. The adjoining cemetery provides a historic setting with funerary markers from many periods, including a stone dated 1757.","narrative":"Set on Church Street in the hamlet of Copake, in east central Columbia County, this Methodist church and its neighboring cemetery form the historic core of the community. The one-story timber-frame meetinghouse was built about 1854 by builder Jude Snyder, replacing the congregation's first building from the mid-1830s. Its most striking feature is a tetrastyle Ionic portico with fluted columns, topped by a pedimented gable and a two-tier belfry. Inside, an open worship space has a gallery over the entrance and a pressed-tin coffered ceiling added around 1910. The cemetery holds markers from many periods, including three-lobed stones, tablet stones with urn and willow motifs, obelisks, and post-Civil War zinc monuments. The earliest readable stone dates to 1757, and a brick mausoleum honors Revolutionary soldiers. Together the buildings and grounds show traditional rural craftsmanship and the lasting appeal of the simple meetinghouse form.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Jude Snyder (builder)","architectural_style":"Mid-19th Century: Greek Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Still in religious use; the interior was renovated several times (1950, 1969, 1973, 1989 after a fire).","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:52.686198-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/07000624.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75316980","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copake_United_Methodist_Church_and_Copake_Cemetery","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5168286"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/columbia-county/copake-united-methodist-church-and-copake-cemetery-07000624/"}