{"nrhp_refnum":"11001003","name":"Tabernacle Baptist Church","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"8 Hopper St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Utica","county":"Oneida County","state":"NY","lat":43.10050860900003,"lon":-75.23397231199993,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2012-01-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Gothic Revival stone Baptist church at 8 Hopper Street in downtown Utica, Oneida County, New York, built in 1867, with a brick chapel and school addition (Thorn Memorial Chapel) added at the rear in 1905.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the church is significant in architecture, as a well-preserved example of Gothic Revival church design influenced by the Ecclesiological movement, with its cruciform plan, clerestory and independent tower. Its interior is adapted to the Baptist emphasis on preaching, with an auditorium-like nave and open sight lines to the pulpit. The 1905 chapel adds a later phase of the congregation's growth.","narrative":"Tabernacle Baptist Church is a quarry-faced red sandstone church at 8 Hopper Street in downtown Utica, completed in 1867. It is cruciform in plan, with a clerestoried nave, side aisles, buttresses and a multi-staged corner tower topped by a spire. A brick addition, the Thorn Memorial Chapel, was built behind it in 1905 and holds an auditorium, classrooms and offices around a central space. Inside, the nave has exposed trusses with carved corbels, an iron-supported gallery, a large pipe organ installed in 1899 and a tiled baptismal font with a painted view of the River Jordan. The exterior reflects English parish Gothic ideals promoted by the Ecclesiologists, yet the interior is arranged for Baptist worship, with open sight lines to the pulpit and room for large congregations. Its architecture and strong integrity, along with the later chapel, support its significance between 1865 and 1905.","period_of_significance":"1865-1905","architect_builder":"George F. Meacham; Henry Lewis; Joseph James (Church); Agne, Rusmere & Jennison; John Ulrich; Thomas McDermott (1905 Chapel)","architectural_style":"Late Victorian: Gothic","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still used as a religious facility. The chapel basement has been abandoned for general use because of flooding and humidity problems, and upper-story rooms in the church are used only for storage.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:48.152393-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/11001003.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/11001003/e5e45d9be0-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/11001003/e5e45d9be0-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Doug Kerr","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tabernacle_Baptist_Church_Utica,_New_York_Jun_07.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Doug Kerr</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:Tabernacle_Baptist_Church_Utica,_New_York_Jun_07.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"100002668","name":"Downtown Genessee Street Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/downtown-genessee-street-historic-district-100002668/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75320257","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabernacle_Baptist_Church_(Utica,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23092107"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/oneida-county/tabernacle-baptist-church-11001003/"}