{"nrhp_refnum":"75001233","name":"Miller, William, Chapel and Ascension Rock","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"W of Fair Haven on SR 11","address_restricted":false,"city":"Fair Haven","county":"Washington County","state":"NY","lat":43.59506062300005,"lon":-73.31206380099997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1975-07-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Religion","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small Greek Revival chapel built in 1848 by William Miller at Low Hampton, near Fair Haven in Washington County, New York, together with Ascension Rock, a rock outcropping on the hill behind it.","why_significant":"The chapel is presented as tangible evidence of the beginnings of the Advent Christian movement in the United States. It is also described as an important relic of the period of social and religious change before the Civil War. Ascension Rock is where hundreds of Miller's followers reportedly waited on October 22, 1844 for the Second Coming.","narrative":"William Miller Chapel is a small Greek Revival church on a quiet county road in Low Hampton, close to the Vermont border. Built in 1848 by Miller, a local farmer and Baptist lay preacher, it is a one-story braced frame building with beveled siding, a slate roof, a pedimented facade with corner pilasters, and eight windows with stained glass fans. Inside, box pews, a paneled pulpit, hand-planed woodwork and Miller's rocking chair survive, and there is no electricity or central heating. Behind the chapel, Ascension Rock is where hundreds of Miller's followers reportedly gathered on October 22, 1844, expecting the Second Coming. When that did not occur, the Millerites split into groups that included the Advent Christians and the future Seventh-day Adventists. The chapel is valued as physical evidence of the start of the Advent Christian movement and of the religious ferment before the Civil War. A memorial service is still held there each year.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"William Miller","architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition is marked excellent and the chapel is occupied. The interior is described as much as Miller left it, with no electricity or central heating, and plywood shutters were added to protect the windows when it is not in use.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:38.59221-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/75001233.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75001233/c296e3a0e3-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75001233/c296e3a0e3-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Jomegat","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:William_Miller_Home.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jomegat</a>, <a href=\"https://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:William_Miller_Home.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"94000256","name":"Miller, William, Farm Historic District (Boundary Increase)","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/miller-william-farm-historic-district-boundary-increase-94000256/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75322853","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Miller_Farm","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14707796"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/washington-county/miller-william-chapel-and-ascension-rock-75001233/"}