{"nrhp_refnum":"76001209","name":"German Reformed Sanctity Church Parsonage","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Maple Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Germantown","county":"Columbia County","state":"NY","lat":42.14179720300007,"lon":-73.88263481599995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-01-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small stone and frame parsonage on Maple Avenue in Germantown, Columbia County, New York, begun around 1746 for the pastor of the German Reformed Sanctity Church of the East Camp and enlarged around 1767.","why_significant":"It is one of the few buildings to survive from the early settlement of German (Palatine) immigrants at East Camp, begun in 1710. It is a good example of the vernacular houses built in 18th-century German settlements in New York. It keeps its architectural integrity and its rural setting.","narrative":"Built on a hillside within sight of the Hudson River in Germantown, this two-part parsonage began around 1746 as the home of the pastor of the German Reformed Sanctity Church of the East Camp. The west section has thick fieldstone walls and a steep slate roof. The east section, believed to date from about 1767, is a brick-filled wood frame. Inside, wide pine floors and some original panelling survive. The house is tied to the Palatine refugees settled at East Camp in 1710 under Governor Robert Hunter, in a plan to produce naval stores for England. When the plan failed, the families who stayed turned to farming. The church owned the parsonage land by 1741 and sold the house in 1805. A restoration in the 1940s repaired the windows, floor joists and chimneys and added modern services. The house is one of the few surviving examples of German vernacular building from this early period and still stands in a rural setting.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Vernacular","criteria":[],"status_note":"Private residence; the form lists it as occupied and in good condition. A major restoration took place in 1944, when the stone walls were stuccoed.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:38.836809-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/76001209.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001209/9797369308-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001209/9797369308-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Daniel Case","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:German_Reformed_Sanctity_Church_and_Parsonage,_Germantown,_NY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniel Case</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:German_Reformed_Sanctity_Church_and_Parsonage,_Germantown,_NY.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75317006","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Reformed_Sanctity_Church_Parsonage","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14706285"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/columbia-county/german-reformed-sanctity-church-parsonage-76001209/"}