{"nrhp_refnum":"10000335","name":"St Paul's Armenian Apostolic Church","other_names":["Park Avenue Methodist Church"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"310 N Geddes St","address_restricted":false,"city":"Syracuse","county":"Onondaga County","state":"NY","lat":43.053704466000056,"lon":-76.17018841699996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2010-06-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","European"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small brick church at 310 North Geddes Street in Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York, built in 1888 as the Park Avenue Methodist Church and now Saint Paul's Armenian Apostolic Church.","why_significant":"The church is significant under Criterion A for its association with the small Armenian community that developed in Syracuse in the twentieth century, whose parish bought the building in 1956. It is significant under Criterion C as a Victorian eclectic church designed by prominent Syracuse architect James H. Kirby, combining Romanesque Revival and Shingle Style features.","narrative":"Built in 1888 on a corner lot at Park Avenue and North Geddes Street in Syracuse, this small brick church was first the Park Avenue Methodist Church. Architect James H. Kirby, late in his career, designed it as a simple interpretation of a small English church, mixing Romanesque Revival and Shingle Style details. A square three-story tower with a steeply pitched conical cap marks the entrance, and a five-sided apse sits at the rear. Inside, lattice trusses, dark wainscot, non-figurative stained glass and a curved pew arrangement suggesting the Akron plan survive. Its second chapter began when Syracuse's Armenian community, which formed a parish in 1908 but had no church of its own, purchased the building in 1956. After two years of renovation it was consecrated in 1958. Only minor changes were made to the architecture, and the church remains a cultural and humanitarian center for Armenian Americans and newly arrived immigrants in the region.","period_of_significance":"1888-1958","architect_builder":"James H. Kirby, Architect","architectural_style":"LATE VICTORIAN: High Victorian Eclectic","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still used as a religious facility by the Armenian Apostolic parish, which consecrated it in 1958; only minor changes were made to the original fabric.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:47.798247-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/10000335.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000335/ace51395fc-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000335/ace51395fc-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Crazyale","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St_Paul_Armenian.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Crazyale</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:St_Paul_Armenian.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75320455","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Paul%27s_Armenian_Apostolic_Church","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7591020"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/onondaga-county/st-pauls-armenian-apostolic-church-10000335/"}