{"nrhp_refnum":"09001227","name":"Trinity Methodist Church","other_names":["Springfield Baptist Church","United Methodist Church","Associate Presbyterian Church"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"8 Mattie Cooper Square","address_restricted":false,"city":"Beacon","county":"Dutchess County","state":"NY","lat":41.51025768000005,"lon":-73.97253252099995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2010-01-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A brick church at 8 Mattie Cooper Square in the City of Beacon, Dutchess County, New York, begun c. 1849 as the Associate Presbyterian Church and later expanded by the Trinity Methodist congregation. Since 1972 it has housed Springfield Baptist Church.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the building as a large, eclectic example of 19th-century church architecture in Beacon. It shows the growth of the Methodist congregation and changing styles, from Greek Revival to Gothic Revival, Romanesque Revival and some Queen Anne influence, through campaigns in 1864, 1887, 1891 and 1895. It also retains an auditorium-plan worship space with curving pews.","narrative":"Located on Mattie Cooper Square in Beacon, this brick church began around 1849 as a simple meetinghouse for the Associate Presbyterian congregation, built in the Greek Revival manner. Methodists bought it in 1860 and enlarged and restyled it over several decades. A higher roof was added in 1864, an offset bell tower with a slate spire and a rounded entrance block in 1887, and a rear Sunday school section in 1891. The worship space was reworked into an auditorium plan in the 1890s. The walls are common-bond brick with brownstone and bluestone trim, terra cotta details and moulded wood cornices, and the windows hold stained glass. Inside, curving oak pews and a sloping floor survive from the 1895 campaign. The building has housed Springfield Baptist Church since 1972. It was listed for its architecture, since it records the evolving tastes of the Methodist congregation and the shift from a plain meetinghouse to a Gothic and Romanesque-influenced church.","period_of_significance":"c. 1849-c. 1944","architect_builder":"Taylor, James; builder, 1849 section","architectural_style":"Late Victorian: Gothic, Queen Anne, Romanesque","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still in use as a church by Springfield Baptist Church; the worship space was reworked in 1961.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:48.585839-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/09001227.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/09001227/1f8a1cc594-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/09001227/1f8a1cc594-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BeaconNY_TrinityMethodistChurch.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Magicpiano</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BeaconNY_TrinityMethodistChurch.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75317500","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinity_Methodist_Church_(Beacon,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7842905"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/dutchess-county/trinity-methodist-church-09001227/"}