{"nrhp_refnum":"66000581","name":"Dutch Reformed Church","other_names":["Sleepy Hollow Church"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"N edge of Tarrytown on U.S. 9","address_restricted":false,"city":"Sleepy Hollow","county":"Westchester County","state":"NY","lat":41.09073215400005,"lon":-73.86174794474891,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1966-10-15","is_nhl":true,"nhl_designated_date":"1961-11-05","areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story rubble-stone Dutch Colonial church with an octagonal belfry and gambrel roof, on U.S. Route 9 at the northern edge of North Tarrytown (Sleepy Hollow), Westchester County, New York, built between 1697 and 1702 under Frederick Philipse of Philipsburg Manor.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it a distinguished relic of Dutch America with architectural and historical ties to colonial life on the Hudson. It served as the social and religious center of the Manor of Philipsburg, bringing landowners and tenants together. It also gained popular fame as the church in Washington Irving's \"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.\"","narrative":"Built between 1697 and 1702 for Frederick Philipse, first Lord of the Manor of Philipsburg, this rubble-stone church on U.S. Route 9 in North Tarrytown is a surviving example of Dutch Colonial religious architecture. It has high, barn-like walls, a flared Flemish gambrel roof and an open octagonal belfry holding a bell cast in Holland in 1685. A fire in 1837 led to major changes, including a relocated door and pointed-arch windows. A partial restoration before the 1897 bicentennial reproduced the original beams, ceiling and pulpit. The church served as a common meeting place for landholders and tenants on the manor. During the Revolution it lay in the contested Neutral Ground. Its fame grew after 1820, when Washington Irving's Sketch Book made it the Sleepy Hollow church of his legend. A newer church in Tarrytown replaced it for regular worship after the Civil War, and it has since hosted only occasional services. It sits beside its burying ground.","period_of_significance":"1600-1699","architect_builder":"Frederick Philipse","architectural_style":"Dutch Colonial","criteria":[],"status_note":"Maintained in excellent condition; owned by the First Reformed Church of Tarrytown and used only for occasional services and special programs.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:39.281809-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/66000581_NHL.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/66000581/ea3a4b4639-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/66000581/ea3a4b4639-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"The original uploader was James Russiello at English Wikipedia.","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Old_Dutch_Church_taken_by_James_Russiello.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">The original uploader was James Russiello at English Wikipedia.</a>, <a href=\"http://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:Old_Dutch_Church_taken_by_James_Russiello.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75316116","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Dutch_Church_of_Sleepy_Hollow","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2896117"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/westchester-county/dutch-reformed-church-66000581/"}