{"nrhp_refnum":"72000847","name":"Reformed Church, The","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"405 N. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Herkimer","county":"Herkimer County","state":"NY","lat":43.02888805900005,"lon":-74.98990360799996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1972-03-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A brick church building at 405 North Main Street in Herkimer, Herkimer County, New York, dating from 1835, with a stone rear chapel added in 1894 and a graveyard beside it.","why_significant":"The congregation dates from 1770, when land was given for a church, and the present building is the latest of a series of churches on that land that burned. Its Federal-style steeple closely follows the design of the 1804 church it replaced. The interior appearance dates largely from a 1912 redecoration by Tiffany & Company, and the rear chapel was designed by Syracuse architect Archimedes Russell.","narrative":"Standing at 405 North Main Street in Herkimer, this brick church rests on a high stone foundation and rises two stories under a pitched roof with a large simple cornice. Its staged Federal-style spire holds a clock in the base. The congregation traces its origin to 1770, when Johan Jose Petree gave land for a church. Three successive buildings on that land were destroyed by fire. The present structure dates from 1835, and its steeple closely follows that of the 1804 church it replaced, known from a drawing signed by the builder A. Fish. The interior was renovated in 1874 with French stained glass and new pews, and Tiffany & Company redecorated it in 1912, which gives the interior its present look. A stone chapel at the rear was built in 1894 to a design by Syracuse architect Archimedes Russell. A plan to build a new stone church was abandoned, and the old building was kept. A graveyard with an iron fence adjoins the church on the north.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Archimedes Russell (architect of the 1894 chapel); A. Fish (local builder of the 1804 church)","architectural_style":"Federal (staged spire)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as in good condition, occupied and in religious use; the congregation decided against replacing the brick church with a stone one and kept the old building.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:39.211575-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/72000847.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72000847/03c44cc06f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72000847/03c44cc06f-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nelson E. Baldwin, Photographer","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Reformed_Church,_Herkimer_(Herkimer_County,_New_York).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nelson E. Baldwin, Photographer</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Reformed_Church,_Herkimer_(Herkimer_County,_New_York).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75318178","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Reformed_Church","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7760034"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/herkimer-county/reformed-church-the-72000847/"}