{"nrhp_refnum":"10000592","name":"Presbyterian Church in New Scotland and the New Scotland Cemetery","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2010 New Scotland Rd and 478 New Scotland Rd S.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New Scotland","county":"Albany County","state":"NY","lat":42.63270512100007,"lon":-73.90605146199994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2010-08-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Exploration/Settlement"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Greek Revival wooden church built in 1849 and its associated cemetery off New Scotland Road (Route 85) in the hamlet of New Scotland, Albany County, New York. The church was extended in 1868, and the cemetery holds about 500 interments.","why_significant":"The property is significant for exploration and settlement because it reflects the founding and growth of New Scotland and a shift from Dutch Reformed dominance to Scottish Presbyterian settlers. The church is also significant as a representative example of nineteenth-century ecclesiastical architecture. The cemetery documents population change and evolved from a small burying ground into an organized nineteenth-century cemetery.","narrative":"A white clapboard church and its burial ground sit on a slight rise above New Scotland Road in rural Albany County. The church dates to 1849 and was extended in 1868, though the addition cannot be seen from outside. It has Greek Revival details: a central tower, modillioned cornices, corner quoins, and tall 12/12 windows. Inside are early to mid-nineteenth-century pews, an early Gothic Revival altar, and a 1916 Estey organ. A 1957 education wing at the rear is considered non-contributing. The cemetery holds about 500 burials from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries, including fourteen Revolutionary War veterans. The congregation grew from a mission church established in 1787, and in 1791 Stephen van Rensselaer III donated the land. Its story reflects the arrival of Scottish Presbyterian settlers in a region long dominated by the Dutch Reformed Church. The property is recognized for that settlement history and for its representative nineteenth-century church architecture.","period_of_significance":"1795-1868","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Mid-19th Century: Greek Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Church and cemetery remain in religious and funerary use; the church has been in continuous use since 1849 and has a non-contributing 1957 education wing.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:47.954849-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/10000592.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000592/46da00d3d4-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000592/46da00d3d4-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Doug Kerr from Upstate New York","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Presbyterian_Church_in_New_Scotland_Sep_10.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:Presbyterian_Church_in_New_Scotland_Sep_10.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75316311","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presbyterian_Church_in_New_Scotland_and_the_New_Scotland_Cemetery","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7240748"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/albany-county/presbyterian-church-in-new-scotland-and-the-new-scotland-cemetery-10000592/"}