{"nrhp_refnum":"07001370","name":"Livingstonville Community Church","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1667 Hauverville Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Livingstonville","county":"Schoharie County","state":"NY","lat":42.490078922000066,"lon":-74.26785297999999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2008-01-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A vernacular Greek Revival wood-frame church at 1667 Hauverville Road in the hamlet of Livingstonville, town of Broome, Schoharie County, New York. It was built in 1849 and extensively renovated in 1880.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is an intact, representative example of mid-nineteenth century vernacular Greek and Gothic Revival church architecture in rural Schoharie County. Its 1849 Greek Revival form and 1880 Gothic-style alterations show how local congregational tastes and worship needs changed. It also remained a focus of religious and social life in a hamlet that grew along the Loonenburg Turnpike.","narrative":"Livingstonville Community Church is a small wooden church on Hauverville Road in the Schoharie County hamlet of Livingstonville. Built in 1849 for a Methodist congregation organized in 1832, it follows vernacular Greek Revival practice, with a heavy hewn timber frame on a fieldstone foundation, a gable-end front, a molded entrance architrave and an engaged bell tower topped by an open belfry. In 1880 the building was extensively renovated. Tall pointed Gothic-style windows replaced the original openings, the exterior was re-sheathed in clapboard, and curved pews were installed. The sanctuary retains its raised dais, a Greek Revival communion rail and an original plaster ceiling above a later suspended ceiling. The hamlet grew as a stagecoach stop on the Loonenburg Turnpike, and the church stayed central to local religious and social life. After Methodist membership declined, the congregation became non-denominational and now seeks to preserve the building. It is recognized for its architecture.","period_of_significance":"1849-1880","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Mid-19th Century/Greek Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Owned by the non-denominational Livingstonville Community Church congregation, which is seeking ways to preserve and rehabilitate the building so it can continue as a center of religious and community life.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:52.685227-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/07001370.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07001370/2cb536e05a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07001370/2cb536e05a-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Lvklock","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Livingstonville_Community_Church.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Lvklock</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:Livingstonville_Community_Church.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75321753","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Livingstonville_Community_Church","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6659746"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/schoharie-county/livingstonville-community-church-07001370/"}