{"nrhp_refnum":"76001260","name":"Primitive Baptist Church of Brookfield","other_names":["Old School Baptist Church"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"NY 6","address_restricted":false,"city":"Slate Hill","county":"Orange County","state":"NY","lat":41.39033373400008,"lon":-74.47308509899995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-11-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Religion"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, wood frame, clapboarded meetinghouse built in 1792 on a rise just east of the center of Slate Hill, Orange County, New York, with a four-story tower and spire added in 1828 and a cemetery on the property.","why_significant":"The church housed a Baptist congregation formed in 1783 that in 1833 returned to the conservative Primitive or Old School Baptist beliefs, rejecting the evangelical movement of the Second Great Awakening. The interior is largely unaltered, with exposed heavy timber framing, box pews and a raised hexagonal pulpit. Such a pulpit is unusual for the New York region and a late example for 1792.","narrative":"Built in 1792 on land donated by John Hallock, this two-story clapboarded meetinghouse sits on a rise at the edge of the crossroads village of Slate Hill in Orange County, New York. It served a Baptist fellowship organized as a separate congregation in 1783 and incorporated in 1791. A four-story tower with belfry and spire was added in 1828 to give the building a more up-to-date look, along with a second entrance and a relocated stairway for added seating. In 1833 the congregation rejected the evangelical trends of the Second Great Awakening and became the Old School Baptists. The interior is the main reason for its recognition: exposed heavy timber framing, box pews with raised and fielded panels, a three-sided gallery, unpainted white pine woodwork and a raised hexagonal pulpit of a type common in earlier New England churches. Although the last congregation member died in 1933, community members have kept up the required annual meeting.","period_of_significance":"1792","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Federal","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as occupied and in good condition, with the original site retained. The last congregation member died in 1933, but the required annual meeting continues through other community members.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:40.101369-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/76001260.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001260/84bbb11441-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001260/84bbb11441-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Daniel Case","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Primitive_Baptist_Church_of_Brookfield.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniel Case</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:Primitive_Baptist_Church_of_Brookfield.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75320728","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primitive_Baptist_Church_of_Brookfield","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7243548"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/orange-county/primitive-baptist-church-of-brookfield-76001260/"}