{"nrhp_refnum":"12000959","name":"Oakwood Avenue Presbyterian Church","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"313 10th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Troy","county":"Rensselaer County","state":"NY","lat":42.74188681100003,"lon":-73.67949362499996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2012-11-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, wood-frame Presbyterian church at 313 10th Street in Troy, Rensselaer County, New York, built in 1868, with a 1957 education wing attached on the north. The architect and builder are unknown.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is an intact example of late nineteenth-century Protestant church architecture, with its exterior wood trim, slate roof and auditorium interior largely preserved. It is also tied to the growth of Presbyterianism in Troy as a mission of First Presbyterian Church. In social history, it was the site of an early local conflict over racial integration in 1963, when a merger with the African American Liberty Presbyterian congregation was rejected.","narrative":"Built in 1868 on a steeply sloping corner lot in north-central Troy, this small wood-frame Presbyterian church began as a mission of the city's First Presbyterian Church. It has a gable roof, a belfry, a patterned slate roof and a stone foundation. Aluminum siding was applied in 1957, when an education wing was added, but nearly all the original wood trim was kept, including brackets, gablets, the entrance portico and the belfry. Inside, a single large auditorium has a beaded-board gabled ceiling with exposed decorative rafters, a rear gallery, curved pews and stained-glass windows. The building reflects Picturesque-style Protestant church design of its period. It also has a place in local civil rights history. In 1963 the congregation debated and rejected a merger with Liberty Presbyterian, an African American church whose building had been taken for urban renewal, although some Liberty members later joined Oakwood.","period_of_significance":"1868-1963","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late Victorian","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The church is still used for religious purposes, and its basement serves as a meeting room. Aluminum siding was added in 1957, but most of the original wood trim survives.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:48.287345-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/12000959.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/12000959/bdd18274ab-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/12000959/bdd18274ab-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Doug Kerr","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oakwood_Avenue_Presbyterian_Church_Troy_NY_Jan_11.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:Oakwood_Avenue_Presbyterian_Church_Troy_NY_Jan_11.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75321266","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oakwood_Avenue_Presbyterian_Church","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23091972"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/rensselaer-county/oakwood-avenue-presbyterian-church-12000959/"}