{"nrhp_refnum":"72001178","name":"New Berlin Presbyterian Church","other_names":["New Berlin Community Center"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Vine and High Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New Berlin","county":"Union County","state":"PA","lat":40.87968151700005,"lon":-76.98666185799993,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1972-10-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story brick Greek Revival church with a Doric columned portico and octagonal cupola, at the corner of High and Vine streets in New Berlin, Union County, Pennsylvania.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is a fine example of rural Greek Revival architecture in central Pennsylvania, a style it describes as predominant mainly in the northern tier of counties along the New York border. It notes the design is the building's unique quality. The building was built in 1843 as a Presbyterian church and later served as a community center.","narrative":"Built in 1843 at the corner of High and Vine streets in New Berlin, this one-story brick church was designed in the Greek Revival style and arranged like a temple. A Doric portico with four fluted wooden columns stands on the west end, and an octagonal cupola rises above the roof. The interior originally held the pulpit at the east end with pews filling the rest of the single large room. The Presbyterian congregation was small, and the church ceased to operate as an active organization early in the twentieth century. In 1933 the remaining members, working through the Northumberland Presbytery, gave the building to the New Berlin Town Council for use as a community center. It is valued for its design, which the nomination describes as a fine example of rural Greek Revival architecture in central Pennsylvania, a region where the style was most common in the northern counties bordering New York. The building retains its original site and much of its exterior appearance.","period_of_significance":"1843","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Serves as a community center.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:31.085957-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/72001178.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72001178/e54da61643-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72001178/e54da61643-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Ruhrfisch","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:New_Berlin_Presbyterian_Church_3.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Ruhrfisch</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:New_Berlin_Presbyterian_Church_3.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71996688","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Berlin_Presbyterian_Church","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7005506"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/union-county/new-berlin-presbyterian-church-72001178/"}