{"nrhp_refnum":"12000481","name":"First Presbyterian Church of Jefferson","other_names":["Maple Museum"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Creamery St. at Park Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Jefferson","county":"Schoharie County","state":"NY","lat":42.48264031000008,"lon":-74.61310578699994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2012-08-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, wood-frame Greek Revival church built in 1837 on the town green in Jefferson, Schoharie County, New York, now used as the Maple Museum. Local carpenter Lines Porter led its construction.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is a substantially intact example of a wood-frame Greek Revival meetinghouse in upstate New York, notable for its Greek Doric detailing and its resemblance to New England meetinghouses. It shows how a rural town settled by New Englanders adopted a national architectural style. It also remains a focal point of the town green.","narrative":"Facing the town green in Jefferson, Schoharie County, this two-story timber-frame building was completed in March 1837 as the First Presbyterian Church, replacing a meetinghouse lost to fire in 1836. Local carpenter Lines Porter, a New England immigrant, led the work. Its Greek Doric pediment, entablature, triglyphs and flat pilasters give it a rural interpretation of the Greek Revival, and its layout echoes the New England meetinghouses familiar to the town's settlers. Inside, a classical altar wall with three arches survives, along with stenciled plaster walls and art glass windows added in 1908. The congregation dissolved in 1919, and the building later served as a social hall, school space, American Legion recreation hall and town hall for the Maple Festival. It now houses the Maple Museum. The original Doric temple atop the bell tower has been removed, but the building remains a landmark of the green.","period_of_significance":"1837-1919","architect_builder":"Lines Porter","architectural_style":"Mid-19th Century: Greek Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Now the Maple Museum, generally closed to the public except for a summer concert series; the roof and rear metal siding leave it too cold and damp for year-round use. The town owns it and volunteers aim to restore it.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:47.909303-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/12000481.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"100011783","name":"Jefferson Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/jefferson-historic-district-100011783/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75321735","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Presbyterian_Church_of_Jefferson","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22060982"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/schoharie-county/first-presbyterian-church-of-jefferson-12000481/"}